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An Optimistic Tragedy
First aired on Jun 12, 1963

Runtime: 120mins

50%

Genres: War, Drama, History

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the naval detachment into the First Sailor Regiment. She faces a difficult task: to win the authority of the sailors and eradicate anarchy. Of the remaining officers on the ship — lieutenant Bering, who served in the tsarist fleet on the battleship "Emperor Paul I". He must become the commander and, together with the sent commissar, lead the regiment to the front in the Black Sea region.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Margarita Volodina | Commissar
Boris Andreyev | Vozhak
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Aleksei
Vsevolod Sanayev | Siplyy
Orvo Björninen | Vainonen
Vsevolod Safonov | Bering
Featured Crew
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Samson Samsonov | Director
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Sofiya Vishnevetskaya | Writer
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Samson Samsonov | Writer
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Vsevolod Vishnevsky | Theatre Play
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Vladimir Monakhov | Director of Photography
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Ippolit Novoderyozhkin | Production Design