Defence of Sevastopol
About Defence of Sevastopol
During the siege of 1854–55, Admiral Kornilov and Admiral Nakhimov try to hold Sevastopol. Sailor Koshka's raid is staged in the film. Both admirals are killed. British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops take the city.
Cast & crew
More about Defence of Sevastopol
Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Vasily Goncharov directed and wrote it. Khanzhonkov produced. It opened on 26 October 1911 at Livadia Palace for Nicholas II. Colonel M. Lyakhov, a veteran of the war, advised. Gun and cannon fire were played as effects with the picture. Ivan Mozzhukhin plays Kornilov. Andrey Gromov plays Nakhimov. N. Semyonov plays Koshka. The Koshka sequence was staged on the original ground.
Themes
Background
Shown to the tsar at Livadia in 1911, the picture restages the Crimean War siege with veterans as advisers.
Look
Louis Forestier and Aleksandr Ryllo photographed it on two cameras.
Music
Georgiy Kozachenko wrote the music. Gun and cannon effects were played with the screening.
Notes
- It is credited as the first feature made in the Russian Empire and the first film recorded with two cameras.
- Another Russian title is Воскресший Севастополь.
- Arseny Bibikov is in the cast.
- The cost is given as 40,000 rubles.
Scenes
- Kornilov and Nakhimov organize the defense.
- Koshka's feat is played on the ground where it happened.
- Both admirals die, and the allied troops enter the city.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1911 Оборона Севастополя.ogv)
