Midshipman Panin

Midshipman Panin

5.4IMDb Score
Released:1960-05-23
Genre:Drama,War
Duration:96 min
Country:Soviet Union
Director:Mikhail Shveitser
Actors:Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Nikolai Sergeyev, Nikita Podgornyj, Leonid Kuravlyov, Ivan Pereverzev
Production:Mosfilm
Keywords:war ship

Overview:

It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They are sentenced to death by hanging. A clandestine Bolshevik organization decides to free the prisoners during their transfer to the place of execution. Vasily Panin, a junker of a school of naval engineers, is one of those entrusted with this dangerous task.

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