An Optimistic Tragedy
1963, Russian. Directed by Samson Samsonov.
1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the naval detachment into the First Sailor Regiment. She faces a difficult task: to win the authority of the sailors and eradicate anarchy. Of the remaining officers on the ship — lieutenant Bering, who served in the tsarist fleet on the battleship "Emperor Paul I". He must become the commander and, together with the sent commissar, lead the regiment to the front in the Black Sea region.
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Samson SamsonovDirector
- Margarita Volodinacommissar
- Boris Andreyevvozhak
- Vyacheslav TikhonovAleksei
- Vsevolod SanayevSiplyy
- Orvo BjörninenVainonen
- Vsevolod SafonovBering
- Ivan Zhevagoboatswain
- Daniil NetrebinRyaboy
- Grigory Mikhaylovold sailor
- Pyotr Sobolevskyship's doctor
- Erast Garinvozhachok
- Oleg Strizhenovfirst officer
Details
- Released
- 12 June 1963
- Original title
- Оптимистическая трагедия
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Sofiya Vishnevetskaya, Samson Samsonov
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What An Optimistic Tragedy is based on
An Optimistic Tragedy is based on An Optimistic Tragedy by Vsevolod Vishnevsky.
An Optimistic Tragedy
By Vsevolod Vishnevsky
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An Optimistic Tragedy runs 121 minutes (2h 1m).
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An Optimistic Tragedy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 June 1963. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed An Optimistic Tragedy?
An Optimistic Tragedy (1963) was directed by Samson Samsonov and stars Margarita Volodina, Boris Andreyev, Vyacheslav Tikhonov.
What is An Optimistic Tragedy based on?
An Optimistic Tragedy is based on An Optimistic Tragedy by Vsevolod Vishnevsky.