A homophobic, anti-Ukrainian, Muscovian paternalistic slog. A brave Muscovian commissar teaches the devious, treacherous homo anarchist Ukrainians how to be good. They are animalistic, mob-like, they roar like animals when they die, they are granny killing rapists. The film offers an amazing intro, some beautiful scenes and Margarita Volodina is a compelling actress, but the film is stilted, needlessly slow…
An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the naval detachment into the First Sailor Regiment. She faces a difficult task: to win the authority of the sailors and eradicate anarchy. Of the remaining officers on the ship — lieutenant Bering, who served in the tsarist fleet on the battleship "Emperor Paul I". He must become the commander and, together with the sent commissar, lead the regiment to the front in the Black Sea region.
Top Cast
Margarita Volodina
commissar
Boris Andreyev
vozhak
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Aleksei
Vsevolod Sanayev
Siplyy
Orvo Björninen
Vainonen
Vsevolod Safonov
Bering
Ivan Zhevago
boatswain
Daniil Netrebin
Ryaboy
Grigory Mikhaylov
old sailor
Pyotr Sobolevsky
ship's doctor
Erast Garin
vozhachok
Oleg Strizhenov
first officer
Gleb Strizhenov
second officer
Aleksey Glazyrin
presenter
Valentin Belokhvostik
presenter
Iosif Vankov
tattooed sailor
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What is An Optimistic Tragedy about?
1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the naval…
When was An Optimistic Tragedy released?
An Optimistic Tragedy was released in 1963.
What genres does An Optimistic Tragedy belong to?
An Optimistic Tragedy is categorised as War, Drama, History.
Who stars in An Optimistic Tragedy?
The cast of An Optimistic Tragedy includes Margarita Volodina, Boris Andreyev, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vsevolod Sanayev, Orvo Björninen.