The Squadron Turns Westward

Overview

The action takes place in Odesa in 1918-1919. At the request of General Denikin, a French squadron arrives in Odesa to restore order in the city. Odesa Bolsheviks are trying to convince the sailors to leave the city. At the center of the story is the heroic fate of Frenchwoman Jeanne-Marie Lyabourb (1877-1919), shot by French interventionists.

Directed by Miron Bilinskiy, Mykola Vinhranovskyi

Top cast

Elza Lezhdey

Jeanne Labourbe

Nelli Lazareva

Yelena Sokolovskaya

Adolf Shestakov

Nikolay Sergeyevich Lastochkin

Roman Khomyatov

Andrey

Stanislav Chekan

Panas Marshuk

Vyacheslav Shalevich

Michel

Andrey Fayt

d'Anselme

Georgios Sovchis

Sashko

B

Boris Petelin

Kotovskiy (Kharchenko)

Dmytro Milyutenko

Colonel Ferambe

Volodymyr Dalskyi

Khomyakov

Elvira Brunovskaya

Vera Kholodnaya

Vladimir Soshalsky

Grishin-Almazov

S

Semyon Krupnik

Fouque

Vladimir Naumtsev

cornet

Mikhail Vodyanoy

Mishka Yaponchik

Oleg Fandera

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