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Defence of Sevastopol (1911)
Directed by Vasiliy Goncharov, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
War · 1h 40m
First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.
Cast
Andrey Gromov
Nakhimov
Nikolay Semenov
Seaman Koshka
O
Olga Petrova-Zvantseva
The sutler
Ivan Mosjoukine
Kornilov / associate of the envoy of the Menshkov retinue
A
A. Gorin-Goryainov
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Arseniy Bibikov
Totleben
B
Boris Borisov
P
Pavel Biryukov
Aleksandra Goncharova
Vladimir Maksimov
A
Arentsvari
Crew
- Director
- Vasiliy Goncharov, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
- Writer
- Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Vasiliy Goncharov
- Director of Photography
- Louis Forestier, Alexander Ryllo
- Original Music Composer
- Georgiy Kazachenko
- Producer
- Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Details
- Original title
- Оборона Севастополя
- Release date
- 1911-12-22
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- War
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Russia
- Production
- A. Khanzhonkov and Co.