Moonzund (film)

This article is about film. For naval operation, see Battle of Moon Sound.

Moonzund
Directed by	Aleksandr Muratov
Written by	Valentin Pikul (novel), Galina Muratova and Eduard Volodarsky (screenplay)
Starring	Oleg Menshikov Vladimir Gostyukhin Lyudmila Nilskaya Nikolai Karachentsov Yury Belyayev Boris Klyuyev
Music by	Aleksandr Mikhailov
Cinematography	Konstantin Ryzhov
Production company	Lenfilm
Release dates	1987
Running time	142 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Moonzund (Russian: Моонзунд) is a 1987 Soviet war film by Aleksandr Muratov based on a novel with the same name by Valentin Pikul. The film's name is derived from the old name of West Estonian archipelago where the Battle of Moon Sound took place during World War I.

Plot

The action takes place in the years 1915-1917. Tells of the final period, the participation of the Russian fleet in the First World War to Baltic theater. Against this background, brightly illustrates the tragic collapse of the fleet in terms of nascent revolutionary events of 1917. The film characters - officers and sailors of the Baltic Fleet.

Cast

Oleg Menshikov as Sergey Arten'ev
Vladimir Gostyukhin as Semenchuk
Lyudmila Nilskaya as Anna "Klara Georgievna" Revelskaya
Nikolai Karachentsov as Von Knupfer
Yury Belyayev as Kolchak
Boris Klyuyev as Von Grapf
Vija Artmane as Frau Milch
Aleksei Buldakov as Portnyagin, sailor
Vladimir Baranov as orderly Platov
Yevgeniya Dobrovolskaya as Irina Artenyeva
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Nikolai Essen
Sergei Garmash as Pavel Dybenko
Vladimir Yeryomin as Leonid Deichman, Mechanical Engineer
Vladimir Golovin as von Den
Pyotr Shelokhonov as Andreev
Victor Kostetskiy as commander of the cruiser "Rurik"

External links

Moonzund at the Internet Movie Database

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