Captain of the First Rank

Captain of the First Rank (1958)

DramaHistory

Zakhar Psaltyrev went through many ordeals in the royal fleet, where massacres and bullying of people became a custom. Only thanks to his natural intelligence and perseverance, the illiterate peasant boy managed to avoid the fate of many of his comrades, who became drunkards and lost their human dignity. Captain 1st Rank Lezvin, commander of the cruiser "Svyatoslav", himself suffocating in the difficult atmosphere of the tsarist autocracy, fatherly fell in love with his messenger for his simple Russian soul, quick-witted mind, love for the homeland and hatred of oppression. Zakhar learned a lot from Lezvin, but soon they had to part. Zakhar becomes an active underground Bolshevik.

Director: Aleksandr Mandrykin
Writer: Yuriy Krotkov

Casts

	Boris Livanov as Nikolay Lezvin
	Mikhail Orlov as Zakhar Psaltyryov
	Vladimir Yemelyanov as Viktor Zheleznov - vitse admiral
	Olev Eskola as Leopold Everling - graf
	Ninel Myshkova as Lezvina
	Galina Iniutina as Nastasya - mama Vali
	Eve Kivi as Valya
	Asta Vihandi as Luiza Everling
	Boris Zhukovsky as Visloukhov - kontr-admiral
	Valentin Arkhipenko as Lavrentiy Kudinov - botsman
	Vyacheslav Sirin as Gavrila Titov - matros
	Mikhail Dubrava as Sergeev - matros
	Voldemar Alev as Episodic role
	Nikolay Bessarabov as Episodic role
	Ants Lauter as Episodic role
	Ivan Daryalov as Episodic role
	Galina Kravchenko as Episodic role
	Georgiy Kurovskiy as Velikiy knyaz
	Mikhail Mamaev as Aleksey
	Georgiy Mochalov as Yan
	Pavel Pervushin as Botsman
	Aleksandr Zakharov as Episodic role
	Artyom Karapetyan as From the author / Voice narrator
	Lia Laats as
	Endel Pärn as Angry man at the bar (Uncredited)
	Kaarin Raid as
	Kulno Raide as

Crew