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.
Director and cast
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Василий Панин
- Nikolai Sergeyev as Николай Васильевич Сергеев
- Nikita Podgornyj as мичман Ведерников
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Пётр Камушкин
- Ivan Pereverzev as Иван Григорьев
- Lev Polyakov as Грузинов
- Oleg Golubitsky as Станислав Михайлович Пекарский
- Leonid Kmit as унтер-офицер Савичев
- Vladimir Pokrovskiy as Фарафонтьев
- Nikolai Pajitnov as Бах
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