''The Bay of Death'' (russian: Бухта смерти, Bukhta smerti) is a 1926 Soviet silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Abram Room Abram Matveyevich Room (russian: Абрам Матвеевич Роом; 28 June 1894 in Wilno, Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania) – 26 July 1976 in Moscow) was a Russian film director. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR and winner of the ...

Synopsis

One of the southern ports are taken over by the

whites White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view. Description of populations as ...

. After a failed attempt to steal ammunition from the barracks for the partisans, Nikolai Razdolny (A. Matsevich) runs to a lighthouse where the guerrillas have strengthened their positions. White Guards establish surveillance of Nicholas' father, Ivan (V. Yaroslavtsev), who previously did not share the views of his son. When they arrest the revolutionary command of the "Swan" ship together with older Razdolny, the mechanic, they order him to assume his former responsibilities. When the "Swan" is approaching the lighthouse, the mechanic opens the Kingston, and the ship begins to sink.

Cast

* V. Yaroslavtsev as Ivan Razdolny (mechanic) * A. Matsevich as Nikolai Razdolny (eldest son of Ivan) * Vasili Lyudvinsky as Pavlik Razdolny (youngest son of Ivan) * A. Ravich Elisaveta Razdolny (wife of Ivan) *

Nikolai Saltykov Count, then Prince Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov (russian: Николай Иванович Салтыков, 31 October 1736 – 28 May 1816), a member of the Saltykov noble family, was a Russian Imperial Field Marshal and courtier best known ...

as Surkov *

Leonid Yurenev Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and ...

as Masloboev * Elizaveta Kartasheva as Anna Kuznetsova * Aleksei Kharlamov as captain of the ship * Artashes Ai-Artyan as Saim * Boris Zagorsky as spy * Andrey Fayt as Alibekov

References

Bibliography

* Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. ''The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939''. Routledge, 2012.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films Soviet drama films Russian drama films Soviet silent feature films 1920s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Russian black-and-white films Russian silent feature films Silent drama films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub