Defence of Sevastopol

This article is about a film. For other uses, see Siege of Sevastopol.

Defence of Sevastopol
Directed by	Aleksandr Khanzhonkov Vasily Goncharov
Produced by	Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Written by	Aleksandr Khanzhonkov Vasily Goncharov
Starring	Ivan Mozzhukhin Andrei Gromov Vladimir Maksimov
Music by	Georgiy Kozachenko
Cinematography	Louis Forestier Aleksandr Ryllo
Release date(s)	October 26, 1911
Running time	100 min.
Country	Russian Empire
Language	Silent film Russian intertitles
Budget	40,000 rubles

Defence of Sevastopol (Russian: Оборона Севастополя, or Воскресший Севастополь) is a 1911 historical war film about the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and one of the most important films in the history of Russian cinema. It was the first feature film made in the Russian Empire and it premiered on October 26 at the Livadia Palace of Tsar Nicolas II.

Film crew

• Directors and writers: Vasily Goncharov and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
• Cinematographers: Louis Forestier and Aleksandr Ryllo
• Artist: V. Fester
• Composer: Georgiy Kozachenko
• Consultant: Polkovnik M. Lyakhov

Cast

• A. Bibikov – graf Eduard Totleben
• Pavel Biryukov
• B. Borisov
• Aleksandra Goncharova
• Borus Gorin-Goryainov
• Andrei Gromov – admiral Pavel Nakhimov
• Vladimir Maksimov
• Ivan Mozzhukhin – admiral Vladimir Kornilov
• Olga Petrova-Zvantseva – merchant (sutler)
• N. Semyonov – sailor Koshka

External links

• Defence of Sevastopol at AllRovi
• Defence of Sevastopol at the Internet Movie Database
• Page mentioning the film (Russian)