Zakhar Psaltyrev went through many ordeals in the royal fleet, where massacres and bullying of people became a custom. Only thanks to his natural intelligence and perseverance, the illiterate peasant boy managed to avoid the fate of many of his comrades, who became drunkards and lost their human dignity. Captain 1st Rank Lezvin, commander of the cruiser "Svyatoslav", himself suffocating in the difficult atmosphere of the tsarist autocracy, fatherly fell in love with his messenger for his simple Russian soul, quick-witted mind, love for the homeland and hatred of oppression. Zakhar learned a lot from Lezvin, but soon they had to part. Zakhar becomes an active underground Bolshevik.
as Nikolay Lezvin
as Zakhar Psaltyryov
as Viktor Zheleznov - vitse admiral
as Leopold Everling - graf
as Lezvina
as Nastasya - mama Vali
as Valya
as Luiza Everling
as Visloukhov - kontr-admiral
as Lavrentiy Kudinov - botsman
as Gavrila Titov - matros
as Sergeev - matros
as Episodic role
as Episodic role
as Episodic role
as Episodic role
as Episodic role
as Velikiy knyaz
as Aleksey
as Yan
as Botsman
as Episodic role
as From the author / Voice narrator
as Angry man at the bar (Uncredited)
