Top Billed Cast

Aleksandr Antonov
Grigory Vakulinchuk
Vladimir Barsky
Commander Golikov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Ivan Bobrov
Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
Mikhail Gomorov
Militant Sailor
Aleksandr Levshin
Petty Officer
Nina Poltavtseva
Woman with Pince-nez
Konstantin Feldman
Student Agitator
Prokhorenko
Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
A. Glauberman
Wounded Boy
Beatrice Vitoldi
Woman with Baby Carriage
Danylo Antonovych
Sailor
Iona Biy-Brodskiy
Student
Julia Eisenstein
Woman with Food for Sailors
Sergei Eisenstein
Odessa Citizen
Andrey Fayt
Recruit
Yuriy Korobeynikov
Legless Veteran
Marusov
Officer
Protopopov
Old Man
Repnikova
Woman on the Steps
Vladimir Uralskiy
Zerenin
Student
Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo
Extra (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022

I'm not going to attempt to find loads of cinematic superlatives about this. It's just a great film that depicts the epitome of cruelty, indifference and kindred spirit at sea in spades. The crew of this powerful warship are treated little better than prisoners in a gulag. When the ship's doctor insists that their daily meat ration (which could "jump into the water by itself") is safe to eat, a few of them decide to take a stance. Their officer humiliates them, and when they refuse to back down he corners them on deck and orders them shot. This proves the flashpoint for his crewmen who proceed ...