Midshipman Panin
Seen it?1960 | 96 min | Drama, War
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone interested in what war does to people and war-film fans. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1960: an older pace and style.
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They are sentenced to death by hanging. A clandestine Bolshevik organization decides to free the prisoners during their transfer to the place of execution. Vasily Panin, a junker of a school of naval engineers, is one of those entrusted with this dangerous task.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 441 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mikhail Shveitser
- Vyacheslav TikhonovВасилий Панин
- Nikolai SergeyevНиколай Васильевич Сергеев
- Nikita Podgornyjмичман Ведерников
- Leonid KuravlyovПётр Камушкин
- Ivan PereverzevИван Григорьев
- Lev PolyakovГрузинов
- Oleg GolubitskyСтанислав Михайлович Пекарский
- Leonid Kmitунтер-офицер Савичев
- Vladimir PokrovskiyФарафонтьев
- Nikolay PazhitnovBach