Moby Dick (1972)
The television play begins with the story of Ishmael, an American sailor who sets out on a whaling voyage. The ship's captain, Ahab, is obsessed with getting revenge on a giant white whale known as Moby Dick. During a previous voyage, the whale bit off Ahab’s leg, and since then, the captain has worn a prosthetic.
Director: Viktor Shcheglov
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Isaak Kastrel as |
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Valentin Smirnitskiy as |
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Yuriy Likhachyov as |
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Leonid Kanevsky as |
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Anatoliy Vasin as |
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Tamara Seleznyova as |
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Yuriy Baginyan as |
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Sergey Zhirnov as |
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Grigoriy Lyampe as |
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Sergey Smirnov as |
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Igor Kashintsev as |
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Aleksandr Yudin as |
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Nikolay Serebrennikov as |
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Kirill Glazunov as |
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Viktor Kamaev as |
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Leonid Platonov as |
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Oleg Izmaylov as |
| Directing | Viktor Shcheglov | Director |
| Writing | Gleb Katunin | Writer |
| Writing | Herman Melville | Author |
| Camera | Vladimir Abramychev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Eduard Kolmanovskiy | Music |
| Art | Igor Zelensky | Production Design |