The Laws of the Storm

The Laws of the Storm (1928)

Drama

In October 1917, Warrant Officer Shakhov sided with the revolution.Shakhov is disturbed by the thought that once, during the imperialist war, he was arrested for participating in a revolutionary circle and, during interrogation, while in a semi-conscious state, revealed the name of his comrade and teacher, the revolutionary Rayevsky. This offense of Shakhov's was exposed. The Revolutionary Tribunal sentences Shakhov to death. At the last moment, he is saved by Raevsky, who by then had become a significant party figure named Turbin, who tells the court about Shakhov and the circumstances in which he unknowingly became a traitor. The tribunal acquits Shakhov. Based on the novel “Nine Tenths of Fate“ by Veniamin Kaverin.

Director: Aleksandr Solovyov
Writer: Veniamin Kaverin

Casts

	Nikolay Dalmatov as Ensign Konstantin Shakhov
	Boris Shlikhting as Captain Tarkhanov
	Volodymyr Lisovskyi as Glavetskiy, military court clerk
	Nina Li as Galina Myuller
	Ivan Kaveberg as Turbin-Raevskiy, chief of staff
	F. Khokhlov as Krivenko, commissar
	Borys Shelestov as Investigator
	A. Ostashevsky as General
	Pyotr Matveyenko as Ensign
	Nikolai Palnikov as Member of the revolutionary tribunal
	Vladimir Voyshvillo as Red army soldier
	Vladimir Lanskoy as Official on the train
	A. Parshin-Spasskiy as Guard

Crew