The Squadron Turns Westward (1966)
The action takes place in Odesa in 1918-1919. At the request of General Denikin, a French squadron arrives in Odesa to restore order in the city. Odesa Bolsheviks are trying to convince the sailors to leave the city. At the center of the story is the heroic fate of Frenchwoman Jeanne-Marie Lyabourb (1877-1919), shot by French interventionists.
Directors: Miron Bilinskiy, Mykola Vinhranovskyi.
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Elza Lezhdey as Jeanne Labourbe |
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Nelli Lazareva as Yelena Sokolovskaya |
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Adolf Shestakov as Nikolay Sergeyevich Lastochkin |
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Roman Khomyatov as Andrey |
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Stanislav Chekan as Panas Marshuk |
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Vyacheslav Shalevich as Michel |
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Andrey Fayt as d'Anselme |
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Georgios Sovchis as Sashko |
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Boris Petelin as Kotovskiy (Kharchenko) |
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Dmytro Milyutenko as Colonel Ferambe |
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Volodymyr Dalskyi as Khomyakov |
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Elvira Brunovskaya as Vera Kholodnaya |
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Vladimir Soshalsky as Grishin-Almazov |
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Semyon Krupnik as Fouque |
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Vladimir Naumtsev as cornet |
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Mikhail Vodyanoy as Mishka Yaponchik |
| Writing | Aleksandr Levada | Writer |
| Directing | Miron Bilinskiy | Director |
| Directing | Mykola Vinhranovskyi | Director |
| Writing | Miron Bilinskiy | Writer |
| Art | Yuri Bogatyrenko | Production Design |
| Sound | Nikita Bogoslovskiy | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Valentin Zheleznyakov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Mikhail Matusovsky | Lyricist |
| Directing | N. Kalachev | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Anatoli Netrebenko | Sound Director |
| Editing | N. Kardash | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Kvashina | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Talala | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | I. Mikhels | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Boris Macheret | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Georgiy Shurkin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Writing | V. Berezinskiy | Script Editor |
| Crew | Semyon Domnin | Military Consultant |
| Crew | V. Konovalov | Military Consultant |
| Sound | Gaziz Dugashev | Conductor |
| Production | Grigoriy Kogan | Executive Producer |