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Optimisticheskaya tragediya

  • 19631963
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
150
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Optimisticheskaya tragediya (1963)
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As the communist revolt progresses in Russia, a female commissar is dispatched to some anarchist sailors to get them on board the party bandwagon.As the communist revolt progresses in Russia, a female commissar is dispatched to some anarchist sailors to get them on board the party bandwagon.As the communist revolt progresses in Russia, a female commissar is dispatched to some anarchist sailors to get them on board the party bandwagon.
IMDb RATING
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150
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    • Samson Samsonov
    • Samson Samsonov
    • Sofiya Vishnevetskaya
    • Vsevolod Vishnevskiy(play)
  • Stars
    • Margarita Volodina
    • Boris Andreyev
    • Vyacheslav Tikhonov
    • Samson Samsonov
    • Samson Samsonov
    • Sofiya Vishnevetskaya
    • Vsevolod Vishnevskiy(play)
  • Stars
    • Margarita Volodina
    • Boris Andreyev
    • Vyacheslav Tikhonov
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    Margarita Volodina
    Margarita Volodina
    • Kommissar
    Boris Andreyev
    Boris Andreyev
    • Vozhak
    Vyacheslav Tikhonov
    Vyacheslav Tikhonov
    • Aleksey
    Vsevolod Sanaev
    Vsevolod Sanaev
    • Sipliy
    Orko Byerninen
    • Vainonen
    • (as O. Byerninen)
    Vsevolod Safonov
    Vsevolod Safonov
    • Bering
    • (as V. Sefonov)
    Ivan Zhevago
    Ivan Zhevago
    • Botsman
    • (as I. Zhevago)
    Daniil Netrebin
    Daniil Netrebin
    • Ryaboy
    • (as D. Netrebin)
    Grigory Mikhaylov
    Grigory Mikhaylov
    • Staryy matros
    • (as G. Mikhaylov)
    Pyotr Sobolevsky
    Pyotr Sobolevsky
    • Sudovoy vrach
    • (as P. Sobolevskiy)
    Erast Garin
    Erast Garin
    • Vozhachok
    • (as E. Garin)
    Oleg Strizhenov
    Oleg Strizhenov
    • Pervyy ofitser
    • (as O. Strizhenov)
    Gleb Strizhenov
    Gleb Strizhenov
    • Vtoroy ofitser
    • (as G. Strizhenov)
    Valentin Belokhvostik
    Valentin Belokhvostik
    • Vedushchiy
    • (as V. Belokhvostik)
    Ivan Bondar
    Ivan Bondar
    • Matros
    • (as I. Bondar)
    Veronika Buzhinskaya
    Veronika Buzhinskaya
    • Zhenshchina v chernom
    • (as V. Nedobrovo-Buzhinskaya)
    Ivan Bychkov
    Viktor Demidovskiy
    • Anarkhist
    • (as V. Demidovsky)
      • Samson Samsonov
      • Samson Samsonov
      • Sofiya Vishnevetskaya
      • Vsevolod Vishnevskiy(play)
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    • Trivia
      First of the only two Soviet movies filmed in black and white and 70 mm (Sovscope70).
    • Alternate versions
      Filmed in Sovscope 70, Sovcolor, 6-track magnetic stereo. Optically converted to Kinopanorama, 9-track magnetic stereo sound. USA release in black & white and 35 mm only.
    • Connections
      Edited into A Hellish Chaos (2017)

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    9/10
    Optimistic tragedy.
    Despite its being a phenomenal success both critically and financially when first released in Russia this altogether remarkable film of Samson Samsonov deserves far greater recognition in the West. It is shot by Vladimir Monakhov who did such sterling work on Bondarchuk's first film 'Fate of a Man'. As it is filmed in Sovscope 70 it would obviously achieve a far greater effect if shown on the big screen but that possibility, sadly, seems remote. Both Boris Andreyev and Margarita Volodina are stupendous in their roles of the Marine and the Commissar. Stunning achievement.
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      • February 22, 1964 (United States)
      • Soviet Union
      • Russian
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      • Mosfilm
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    • 2 hours
      • Black and White
      • 70 mm 6-Track

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