The Squadron Turns Westward (1966)
The action takes place in Odesa in 1918-1919. At the request of General Denikin, a French squadron arrives in Odesa to restore order in the city. Odesa Bolsheviks are trying to convince the sailors to leave the city. At the center of the story is the heroic fate of Frenchwoman Jeanne-Marie Lyabourb (1877-1919), shot by French interventionists.
- Released
- 1966-04-04
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Miron Bilinskiy, Mykola Vinhranovskyi
Cast
- Elza Lezhdey as Jeanne Labourbe
- Nelli Lazareva as Yelena Sokolovskaya
- Adolf Shestakov as Nikolay Sergeyevich Lastochkin
- Roman Khomyatov as Andrey
- Stanislav Chekan as Panas Marshuk
- Vyacheslav Shalevich as Michel
- Andrey Fayt as d'Anselme
- Georgios Sovchis as Sashko
- Boris Petelin as Kotovskiy (Kharchenko)
- Dmytro Milyutenko as Colonel Ferambe
- Volodymyr Dalskyi as Khomyakov
- Elvira Brunovskaya as Vera Kholodnaya