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Optimistic Tragedy (Russian: Оптимистическая трагедия, translit. Optimisticheskaya tragediya) is a 1963 Soviet film directed by Samson Samsonov. It is based on the eponymous play by Vsevolod Vishnevsky and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.
Optimistic Tragedy was a Soviet blockbuster of 1963 with 46 millions tickets sold. The film was named Best Film of the Year and Margarita Volodina was named Best Actress of the Year by readers of the Soviet film magazine Sovetsky Ekran.
The film was shot in Sovscope 70 on black and white film stock. The prints were split into three films for exhibition in Kinopanorama 70 in some theatres.
Original Release
06/12/1963
US Release
02/22/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margarita Volodina | Commissar / Kommissar |
Boris Andreyev | Vozhak |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Aleksey / Aleksei |
Vsevolod Sanaev | Sipliy / Siplyy |
Orko Byerninen | Vainonen |
Vsevolod Safonov | Bering |
Ivan Zhevago | Botsman |
Daniil Netrebin | Ryaboy |
Grigory Mikhaylov | Staryy matros |
Pyotr Sobolevsky | Sudovoy vrach |
Directors
Writers
Samson Samsonov, Sofiya Vishnevetskaya, Vsevolod Vishnevskiy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margarita Volodina | Commissar / Kommissar |
Boris Andreyev | Vozhak |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Aleksey / Aleksei |
Vsevolod Sanaev | Sipliy / Siplyy |
Orko Byerninen | Vainonen |
Vsevolod Safonov | Bering |
Ivan Zhevago | Botsman |
Daniil Netrebin | Ryaboy |
Grigory Mikhaylov | Staryy matros |
Pyotr Sobolevsky | Sudovoy vrach |
Erast Garin | Vozhachok |
Oleg Strizhenov | Pervyy ofitser |
Gleb Strizhenov | Vtoroy ofitser |
Valentin Belokhvostik | Vedushchiy / presenter |
Veronika Buzhinskaya | Zhenshchina v chernom |
Ivan Bychkov | sailor |
Viktor Demidovskiy | Anarkhist / anarchist |
Aleksey Glazyrin | Vedushchiy / presenter |
Vladimir Grave | Odnoglaziyy anarkhist / one-eyed anarchist |
Nikolai Khryashchikov | Navy Sailor / sailor |