Principal cast
Yelena Kuzmina as Maria aka Misha, Lev Sverdlin as Yussuf, Nikolay Kryuchkov as Aliosha, Boris Barnet as , and Ismail Efendiyev as
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By the Bluest of Seas
About the film
By the Bluest of Seas at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1935 film at stop 223 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Mikhail Kirillov (director of photography), Mirza Mustafayev (director of photography), Sergey Pototsky (original music composer), and Viktor Aden (production design)
- Director
- Boris Barnet
- Release
- 1936-04-20
- Runtime
- 69 minutes
- Genres
- Romance, Drama, and Comedy
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Quiz
- 50 questions
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