
Captain of the First Rank
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.
Top Billed Cast

Boris Livanov
Nikolay Lezvin - kapitan 1 ranga

Mikhail Orlov
Zakhar Psaltyryov

Vladimir Yemelyanov
Viktor Zheleznov - vitse admiral

Olev Eskola
Leopold Everling - graf

Ninel Myshkova
Lezvina
Featured Crew

Kullo Must
Producer
Eugen Kapp
Original Music Composer
Peeter Linzbach
Production Design
Vladimir Maak
Camera Operator
Kirill Raudsepp
Conductor

Yuli Kun
Director of Photography
Yuriy Krotkov
Screenplay

Aleksandr Mandrykin
Director

Aleksei Novikov-Priboy
Novel

Eugen Rozenthal
Editor

Harald Läänemets
Sound Director
Maimu Vannas
Costume Design