"Gardemariny, vperyod!" (1987)TV mini-series

Director:

Svetlana Druzhinina

Writers:

Svetlana Druzhinina (screenplay)
Yuri Nagibin (screenplay)

Genre:

Adventure | History

Plot:

Three naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a vice-chancellor of Russia...

Plot Keywords:

Historical | Spy | TV Mini-Series

Cast

Sergei Zhigunov	...	Aleksandr Belov
Dmitri Kharatyan	...	Aleksei Korzak
Vladimir Shevelkov	...	Nikita Olenyov
Tatyana Lyutayeva	...	Anastasiya Yaguzhinskaya
Mikhail Boyarsky	...	Chevalier de Brillieu
Evgeni Evstigneev	...	Vice-Chancellor Bestuzhev
Vladislav Strzhelchik	...	Lestok
Olga Mashnaya	...	Sophia Zotova
Innokenti Smoktunovsky	...	Cardinal Fleury
Viktor Pavlov	...	Kotov (as V. Pavlov)
Aleksandr Afanasyev	...	Yagupov (as A. Afanasyev)
Vladimir Steklov
Aleksandr Pashutin
Yelena Tsyplakova	...	Czarine Elisabeth II
Valeri Vinogradov	...	Young Kotov (as V. Vinogradov)

Also Known As:

Naval Cadets, Charge! (USA)
Naval Cadets, Go Ahead!

Runtime:

290 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Company:

Gosteleradio

Movie Connections:

Followed by Vivat, gardemariny! (1991)

The True Russian Soul

I have always LOVED the movie! Back when I lived in the former Soviet Union, I used to use lines from it over and over again in the every day life. No, I am not a "professional" immigrant - I have been here for only slightly over one year, but I have already encountered the main, in my humble opinion, reason that makes the immigrants so "home sick" - the complete and total lack of ANYTHING showing the Americans the REAL Russian soul. All most of them know is what was said about us during the Cold War. Now... This picture to me has always been the true example of Russian patriotism, ability to love and do crazy things for your loved one, and, of course, the Russian BANYA! The "killing of the French" scene with the famous "What have you done?" with French accent is just a killer! If only I could find it with English subtitles...