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Cast
Aleksei Buldakov
as Semyon Dezhnyov
Leonid Nevedomsky
as Mikhailo Stadukhin
Viktor Grigoryuk
as Gerasim Ankudinov
Margarita Borisova
as Abakayada
Ivan Krasko
as merchant Guselnikov
Olga Sirina
as Ovdotyitsa
Oleg Korchikov
as Fedot Popov
Nikolai Gusarov
as Timoshka
Stepan Yemelyanov
as Atamai
Gennadiy Yukhtin
as Kotkin
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1983
Runtime1h 16m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresHistory, Adventure
Votes2
DirectorNikolai Gusarov
WritersYaroslav Filippov
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsSemyon Dezhnyov
About Semyon Dezhnyov
Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.
Directed by Nikolai Gusarov, Semyon Dezhnyov leans on a strong ensemble — Aleksei Buldakov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Viktor Grigoryuk — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about history titles of 1983.
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