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Moonzund
Directed byAleksandr Muratov
Screenplay by
Based onMoonzund
by Valentin Pikul
StarringOleg Menshikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Lyudmila Nilskaya
Nikolai Karachentsov
Yury Belyayev
Boris Klyuyev
CinematographyKonstantin Ryzhov
Music byAleksandr Mikhailov
Production
company
Lenfilm
Release date
  • 27 June 1988 (1988-06-27)
Running time142 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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.

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

References

  1. "Двадцатый век. Хроники. Факты. Комментарии". 20vek.net. Archived from the original on 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  2. "Великие операции спецслужб". greatoperation.narod.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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