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By the Bluest of Seas

У самого синего моря

1936·69 min·SU
Director: Boris Barnet
RomanceDramaComedy

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.

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Home Movies: By the Bluest of Seas — Film Comment

Essay on Barnet's joyful romance combining Soviet realism with musical theater elements.

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Cast

Yelena Kuzmina

Yelena Kuzmina

Maria aka Misha

Lev Sverdlin

Lev Sverdlin

Yussuf

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Aliosha

Boris Barnet

Boris Barnet

Ismail Efendiyev

Ismail Efendiyev

Semen Svashenko

Semen Svashenko

Fishing kolkhoz chaiman

Aleksey Dolinin

Aleksey Dolinin

Petka

L

Lyalya Sateyeva

Lyuba

A

Aleksandr Zhukov

collective farmer

S

Sergei Komarov

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Maria's fiancé

Mirzaagha Aliyev

Mirzaagha Aliyev

Crew

Sergey Pototsky

composer

Klimenti Mints

writer

Mikhail Kirillov

cinematographer

Mirza Mustafayev

cinematographer

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