Baltic Deputy () is a 1936

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drama film directed by

Iosif Kheifits Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits (24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union since 1945. Life a ...

and

Aleksandr Zarkhi Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist Labour (1978). His film ''Twenty Six Days from the Life of ...

. The premiere of the film in the United States took place on September 3, 1937, and on September 27 in the

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it was banned from showing by the censorship board.

Plot

The

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s seize power in Russia. Students instead of studying are fond of politics. Teachers and scientists do not trust the new government. But the elderly professor Dmitry Illarionovich Polezhaev is able to understand the events that occur in Russia. He begins to train the Baltic sailors, after which he is elected a deputy from the sailors of the Baltic Fleet.

Cast

* Nikolay Cherkasov as Professor Dmitri Illarionovich Polezhayev (рrototype by

Kliment Timiryazev Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev, sometimes Timiriazev (; – 28 April 1920) was a Russian botanist and physiologist and a major proponent of thought of Charles Darwin in Russia. He founded a faculty of plant physiology and a laboratory at the P ...

) * as Masha Polezhayeva * Boris Livanov as Misha Bocharov *

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (; 1 April 1905 – 4 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was born in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate. He performed in more than sixty films between 1927 up to 1988. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Бол� ...

as Vikenti Mikhailovich Vorob'yov * as Red guardsman Kupriyanov (voiced by

Yuri Tolubeyev Yuri Vladimirovich Tolubeyev (, May 1, 1906, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - December 28, 1979, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet theatrical and cinema actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1956). Winner of the Lenin (1959) and Stalin Prize (1947). He ...

) * as Pirogov * Aleksei Matov as doktor * as doctorBaltic Deputy (1937) Full Cast / Crew
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References

External links

* 1936 films 1930s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet drama films Russian-language drama films 1936 drama films 1930s Soviet films Films directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi Films directed by Iosif Kheifits Russian Civil War films {{1930s-USSR-film-stub