Midshipman Panin

Midshipman Panin

1960 · 96 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, War

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.

Directed by Mikhail Shveitser · Written by Semyon Lungin

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