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Defence of Sevastopol

Defence of Sevastopol (Russian: Оборона Севастополя, or Воскресший Севастополь) is a 1911 historical war film about the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and one of the most important films in the history of Russian cinema and cinema in general.[1] It was the first feature film made in the Russian Empire and it premiered on 26 October at the Livadia Palace of Tsar Nicolas II. It was also the first film in the world recorded using two cameras.[2] The film was also notable for using special "sound effects" (gun and cannon fire) and for using the actual war veterans as consultants.

This article is about a film. For other uses, see Siege of Sevastopol.

Defence of Sevastopol

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Vasily Goncharov

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

  • 26 October 1911 (1911-10-26)

100 minutes

Silent film
Russian intertitles

40,000 rubles

Directors and writers: and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Vasily Goncharov

Cinematographers: and Aleksandr Ryllo

Louis Forestier

Artist: V. Fester

Composer:

Georgiy Kozachenko

Consultant: M. Lyakhov

Polkovnik

A. Bibikov — graf

Eduard Totleben

Pavel Biryukov

B. Borisov

Aleksandra Goncharova

Borus Gorin-Goryainov

admiral Pavel Nakhimov

Andrey Gromov

Vladimir Maksimov

admiral Vladimir Kornilov

Ivan Mozzhukhin

— merchant (sutler)

Olga Petrova-Zvantseva

N. Semyonov — sailor Koshka

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Defence of Sevastopol

(in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.

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