Baltic Deputy Explained

Baltic Deputy
Native Name:	Russian: Депутат Балтики
Producer:	Igor Chernyak Pyotr Podvalny
Runtime:	96 min.
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian
Studio:	Lenfilm

Baltic Deputy (Russian: Депутат Балтики|Deputat Baltiki) is a 1936 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits^{[1] [2] [3]} and Aleksandr Zarkhi.^{[4] [5]}

The premiere of the film in the United States took place on September 3, 1937, and on September 27 in the Pennsylvania it was banned from showing by the censorship board.^[6]

Plot

The Bolsheviks seize power in Russia. Students instead of studying are fond of politics. Teachers and scientists do not trust the new government. But the elderly professor Dmitry Illarionovich Polezhaev is able to understand the events that occur in Russia. He begins to train the Baltic sailors, after which he is elected a deputy from the sailors of the Baltic Fleet.

Cast

• Nikolay Cherkasov as Professor Dmitri Illarionovich Polezhayev (рrototype by Kliment Timiryazev^[7])
• as Masha Polezhayeva
• Boris Livanov as Misha Bocharov
• Oleg Zhakov as Vikenti Mikhailovich Vorob'yov
• as Red guardsman Kupriyanov (voiced by Yuri Tolubeyev)
• as Pirogov
• Aleksei Matov as doktor
• as doctor^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://vesti.az/news/340391 Одной из самых крупных удач этой советской актрисы стал… Пятачок
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618190516/http://www.tele.ru/stars/interview/dmitriy-svetozarov-vse-byli-ubezhdeny-v-tom-chto-batalov-nezakonnyy-syn-moego-ottsa/ Дмитрий Светозаров: «Все были убеждены в том, что Баталов — незаконный сын моего отца»
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165737/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3071676 год
4. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2917856 Фильмы о перековавшейся интеллигенции
5. Book: Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Peter Rollberg. Rowman / Littlefield. 2016. US. 1442268425. 80.
6. Book: Edward de Grazia, Roger K. Newman . Banned Films: Movies, Censors, and the First Amendment . 1982 . R. R. Bowker Company . 58.
7. Web site: Учёный-либерал Климент Тимирязев. Дилетант . September 17, 2023. Ольга Катасонова.
8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027509/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Baltic Deputy (1937) Full Cast / Crew