Moonsund (1987)

Name: Moonsund
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Released: 1987-12-01
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 3.8
Cast: Oleg Menshikov, Lyudmila Nilskaya, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Nikolai Karachentsov, Vija Artmane

Moonsund (1987), directed by Aleksandr Muratov, starring Oleg Menshikov and Lyudmila Nilskaya.

12/01/1987 BR Drama, History, Romance and War 2h 22m

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Captain of a Russian battleship "Novik" Artenyev is in love with a beautiful lady Klara who is a German spy. They cannot be together because of the war and their professions. But they are in such love that all the war battles and battleships do not stop them, only their duties do.

Константин РыжовCinematography
Aleksandr MuratovDirector
Galina MuratovaWriter
Eduard VolodarskiyWriter

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Moonzund (Russian: Моонзунд) is a 1988 Soviet war film based on Valentin Pikul's 1970 novel of the same name. "Moonzund" refers to the West Estonian archipelago, where the Battle of Moon Sound took place during World War I.

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Plot

Epic film set during the First World War brightly illustrates the struggles of Russian Empire in the years 1915–1917. The hardships of war cause major social and political unrest in the Tsarist Russia. Communist propaganda provokes conflicts between classes causing clashes and un-subordination aboard battleships of Russian Imperial Navy and on locations in Tallinn, Kronstadt and Saint Petersburg. Torn by internal class struggle, Russian Navy is weakened and loses major battles in the Baltic theater of war. Against this background, the commanding admirals of the Russian Navy are powerless witnesses of the tragic collapse of the fleet in terms of nascent revolutionary events of 1917. Most film characters are officers and sailors of the Baltic Fleet.

Cast

Oleg Menshikov as Captain Sergey Arten'ev

Vladimir Gostyukhin as Semenchuk

Lyudmila Nilskaya as spy Anna "Klara Georgievna" Revelskaya

Nikolai Karachentsov as officer Von Knupfer

Yury Belyayev as Admiral Kolchak

Boris Klyuyev as Von Grapf

Vija Artmane as Frau Milch

Aleksei Buldakov as Portnyagin, sailor

Vladimir Baranov as orderly Platov

Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya as Irina Artenyeva

Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Admiral Nikolai Essen

Sergei Garmash as Pavel Dybenko

Vladimir Yeryomin as Leonid Deichman, Mechanical Engineer

Vladimir Golovin as von Den

Petr Shelokhonov as Captain Andreev

Victor Kostetskiy as commander of the cruiser "Rurik"

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External links

Moonzund at IMDb

Тексты телеграмм периода Моонзундского сражения

Text from Moonzund on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonzund

Trivia

It premiered on December 1, 1987, a Tuesday.
It runs 2h22 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Моонзунд".
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosLenfilm
CountriesSoviet Union
LanguagesRussian
StatusReleased

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Константин Рыжов Cinematography
Aleksandr Muratov Director
Galina Muratova Writer
Eduard Volodarskiy Writer

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What is Moonsund about?

Moonsund: Captain of a Russian battleship "Novik" Artenyev is in love with a beautiful lady Klara who is a German spy. They cannot be together because of the war and their professions. But they are in such love that all the war battles and battleships do not stop them, only their duties do.

Who directed Moonsund?

Moonsund was directed by Aleksandr Muratov in 1987.

Who stars in Moonsund?

The cast of Moonsund includes Oleg Menshikov, Lyudmila Nilskaya, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Nikolai Karachentsov and Vija Artmane.

How long is Moonsund?

Moonsund runs for 142 minutes, or 2h22.