An Optimistic Tragedy

The story

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.

Cast

M Margarita Volodinacommissar B Boris Andreyevvozhak V Vyacheslav TikhonovAleksei V Vsevolod SanayevSiplyy O Orvo BjörninenVainonen V Vsevolod SafonovBering I Ivan Zhevagoboatswain D Daniil NetrebinRyaboy G Grigory Mikhaylovold sailor P Pyotr Sobolevskyship's doctor E Erast Garinvozhachok O Oleg Strizhenovfirst officer

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G Gleb Strizhenovsecond officer A Aleksey Glazyrinpresenter V Valentin Belokhvostikpresenter I Iosif Vankovtattooed sailor V Veronika Buzhinskayawoman in black V Viktor Shulgintall sailor I Ivan Bychkovsailor I Ivan Bondarsailor V Vladimir Graveone-eyed anarchist V Viktor Demidovskiyanarchist V V. Zabavin E Evgeniy Zosimovtall sailor Y Yuriy Kireevsailor L Leonid Knyazevsailor N Nikita Kondratyevtall anarchist P Pyotr Kononykhinsailor A Aleksey Milyukhinsailor V Vadim Novikovinterventionist D Dmitriy Orlovskiyold sailor V Vladimir Prikhodkosailor A Anatoliy Sakhnovskiyanarchist S Semyon Svashenkosailor V V. Skuridin A Aleksei Stroyevanarchist N Nikolai Khryashchikovsailor A Aleksey Bakharsailor (uncredited) N Nikolai Sibeykinsailor (uncredited) M Mikhail Bocharovsailor (uncredited) A Artur Nishchyonkinsailor (uncredited) M Manefa Sobolevskayafareweller woman (uncredited) N Natalya Suroveginafareweller girl (uncredited)