The Bay of Death

CinematographyYevgeni Slavinsky84 minutesCountrySoviet UnionLanguages

The Bay of Death (Russian: Бухта смерти, romanized: Bukhta smerti) is a 1926 Soviet silent drama film directed by Abram Room.^[1][2][3]

Synopsis

One of the southern ports are taken over by the whites. After a failed attempt to steal ammunition from the barracks for the partisans, Nikolai Razdolny (A. Matsevich) runs to a lighthouse where the guerrillas have strengthened their positions. White Guards establish surveillance of Nicholas' father, Ivan (V. Yaroslavtsev), who previously did not share the views of his son. When they arrest the revolutionary command of the "Swan" ship together with older Razdolny, the mechanic, they order him to assume his former responsibilities. When the "Swan" is approaching the lighthouse, the mechanic opens the Kingston, and the ship begins to sink.

Cast

• V. Yaroslavtsev as Ivan Razdolny (mechanic)
• A. Matsevich as Nikolai Razdolny (eldest son of Ivan)
• Vasili Lyudvinsky as Pavlik Razdolny (youngest son of Ivan)
• A. Ravich Elisaveta Razdolny (wife of Ivan)
• Nikolai Saltykov as Surkov
• Leonid Yurenev as Masloboev
• Elizaveta Kartasheva as Anna Kuznetsova
• Aleksei Kharlamov as captain of the ship
• Artashes Ai-Artyan as Saim
• Boris Zagorsky as spy
• Andrey Fayt as Alibekov

References

Bibliography

• Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.

External links

• The Bay of Death at IMDb