Sailor Chizhik Explained

Sailor Chizhik
Native Name:	ru|Матрос Чижик
Music:	Igor Shamo
Cinematography:	Vladimir Vojtenko
Studio:	Dovzhenko Film Studios
Runtime:	86 min.
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

Sailor Chizhik (ru|Матрос Чижик|Matros Chizhik) is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by .^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

Having received an injury during the exercises, the sailor Chizhik is sent by the orderly to the house of Captain Luzgin. Wife of the captain of a young beautiful woman is very cruel to the orderly, constantly humiliating him, counting a servant. The only joy in the life of the sailor is communication with the little sadchuk Shura, a kind, fair and sensitive boy.

Once, unable to withstand the insults of the mistress, the orderly decides to flee. It is stopped only by an unforeseen circumstance: the heaviest inflammation of the lungs in a child. A vigilant nurse, not for a moment leaving Shura, sits Chizhik at his bed, literally fighting with death.

Cast

• Mikhail Kuznetsov^[4] as Feodosy Chizhik
• Vladimir Yemelyanov as Vasily Luzgin, a captain^[5]
• Nadezhda Cherednichenko as Mariya Ivanovna, Luzgin's wife
• Anatoly Melnikov as Shurka, Luzgin's son^[6]
• Nadezhda Sementsova as Anyutka
• Vsevolod Tyagushev as Ivan
• Sergey Petrov as Doktor
• Ivan Ryzhov as sailor
• Lev Silayev as Michman
• Valentina Telegina as Avdotya Petrovna
• Mikhail Troyanovsky as Flegont Nilych^[7]

Release

With the Soviet Union, Vladimir Braun's film was watched by 22.3 million spectators (786th result).^[8]

Notes and References

1. https://crimea.mk.ru/articles/2018/04/04/kinoafisha-kryma-s-4-po-11-aprelya.html Киноафиша Крыма с 4 по 11 апреля
2. https://kp.ua/kiev/331484-o-proshlom-y-buduschem-hostynoho-dvora О прошлом и будущем Гостиного двора
3. https://echo.msk.ru/programs/deniok/741329-echo/ Ну и денек: Майя Пешкова, Станислав Анисимов
4. http://bulvar.com.ua/gazeta/archive/s15_66636/8564.html Товарищ Сухов, он же народный артист России Анатолий Кузнецов: «Когда началась война, мама в школу на селе меня отдала. В украинскую...»
5. https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/3761/titr/ Матрос Чижик (1955) — актёры и роли
6. http://www.proficinema.ru/mainnews/festival/detail.php?ID=48228 Как мир готовился к войне
7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237444/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Sailor Chizhik (1956) Full Cast / Crew
8. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/top/lists/184/film/46564/page/32/#film46564 СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы