A historical and biographical picture about the great Russian naval commander Fyodor Ushakov.

The events of the film take place in 1785-1791 during the war with Turkey. Prince Potemkin, the favorite of Catherine II, entrusts the young Ushakov with the construction of ships. The Black Sea Fleet is created in the shortest possible time, despite the plague epidemic and fires, and Ushakov becomes a national hero. However, court intriguers manage to turn the empress against him with lies and denunciations.

IMDb: 7.3

Year of production: 1953

Director: Mikhail Romm
Screenwriter: Alexander Stein
Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Cameramen: Alexander Shelenkov, Yolanda Chen
Production designers: Shengelia Levan, Alexey Parkhomenko, Arnold Weisfeld

Cast: Gennady Yudin, Ivan Pereverzev, Boris Livanov, Nikolay Svobodin, Nikolay Chistyakov, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Alexey Alekseev, Nikolay Volkov , Tumanov Vakhtang