Maximka
Synopsis
A black child rescued from by Russian sailors, whom they name Maksimka, having overcome his fear of white people, turns out to be an unusually smart and kind little boy. The rude drunken sailor Ivan Luchkin was especially attached to the boy. Once it was Maksimka who managed to save Luchkin from foreign recruiters of labor. For resourcefulness and courage, the young hero is enlisted in the team of the corvette and becomes the cabin boy of the Russian fleet.
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Shot by Aleksei MishurinScored by Vadim Gomolyaka
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Anatoliy Bovykin
as Maksimka
Boris Andreyev
as Seaman Luchkin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as Ship's Lt. Gorelov
Emmanuil Geller
as American slave runner
Mikhail Astangov
as Captain of the slave ship
Aleksandr Kashperov
as Richards (mate of slave ship)
Nikolay Kryuchkov
as Russian ship's bo'sun
Sergei Kurilov
as Russian ship's captain
Stepan Kayukov
as Russian ship's officer
Vladimir Balashov
as Russian ship's officer
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