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.
Stars: Boris Livanov, Mikhail Orlov, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Olev Eskola, Ninel Myshkova, Galina Inyutina
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)
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Studio: Tallinnfilm
Runtime: 91 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 28, 1958
IMDb: 5
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