Attack from the Sea
| Attack from the Sea | |
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| Directed by | Mikhail Romm |
| Written by | Aleksandr Shtein |
| Starring | Ivan Pereverzev Gennadi Yudin Vladimir Druzhnikov Sergey Bondarchuk |
| Cinematography | Yu-Lan Chen Aleksandr Shelenkov |
| Edited by | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya |
| Music by | Aram Khachaturyan |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Attack from the Sea (Russian: Корабли штурмуют бастионы, romanized: Korabli shturmuyut bastiony) is a 1953 Soviet historical war film directed by Mikhail Romm and starring Ivan Pereverzev, Gennadi Yudin and Vladimir Druzhnikov.[1]
The film is about the career of the Russian naval officer Fyodor Ushakov and the Siege of Corfu (1798–99). It was made by the Moscow-based Ministry of Cinematography by the production unit Mosfilm, in Agfa-color, renamed Sovcolor by Moscow. It is the sequel to Admiral Ushakov, released the same year.
Cast
- Ivan Pereverzev as Adm. Fedor Fedorovich Ushakov
- Gennadi Yudin as Capt. Dmitri Nikolayevich Senyavin
- Vladimir Druzhnikov as Capt. Vasilyev
- Aleksey Alekseev as Capt. Yegor Metaksa
- Sergey Bondarchuk as Tikhon Alexeyevich Prokofiev
- Nikolai Khryashchikov as Khovrin, old sailor
- Mikhail Pugovkin as Piroshkov
- Georgiy Yumatov as Ermolaev
- Vladimir Balashov as Capt. Grigori Belli
- Pavel Volkov as Medical Doctor
- Pyotr Lyubeshkin
- Sergey Petrov as Gen. Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov
- Pavel Pavlenko as Czar Pavel I
- Nikolai Svobodin as Mordovzev
- Mikhail Nazvanov as Czar Alexander I
- Ivan Solovyov as Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson
- Iosif Tolchanov as Lord William Hamilton
- Yelena Kuzmina as Emma Hamilton
- V. Tumanov as Foot
- Nikolay Volkov as Sir William Pitt Jr.
- Sergei Martinson as King Ferdinand
- Ada Vojtsik as Queen Carolina
- Valeriy Lekarev as Napoleon Bonaparte I
- Emmanuil Geller as Ambassador Misharu
- Boris Bibikov as Spencer Smith
- G. Rozhdestvensky as Mordovtsev
- Evgeni Agurov as Englishman
- Georgiy Budarov
- Lev Fenin
- Lev Frichinsky as Turchaninov
- Nikolai Kryukov
- Gotlib Roninson
- Georgi Shapovalov as Russian Army officer
- Pavel Shpringfeld as Orfano
- Semyon Svashenko as Russian Army officer
References
- ^ Rollberg p.249
Bibliography
- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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- 1953 films
- 1950s war films
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- Russian war films
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- Russian-language films
- Films directed by Mikhail Romm
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