Attack from the Sea (1953)

Original title

Корабли штурмуют бастионы

Directed by

Mikhail Romm

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Soviet film follows Vice-Admiral Fyodor Ushakov and his squadron during the Mediterranean campaign of 1798. They fight alongside ground troops to liberate Italy from Napoleon's forces. It is a sequel to Admiral Ushakov from the same year.

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What happens

Attack from the Sea (Russian: Корабли штурмуют бастионы, romanized: Korabli shturmuyut bastiony, lit. 'Ships Are Storming Bastions') is a 1953 Soviet biographical war film directed by Mikhail Romm and starring Ivan Pereverzev, Gennadi Yudin and Vladimir Druzhnikov. The film is about the career of the Russian Vice-Admiral Fyodor Ushakov, particularly his squadron's part in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 and the Siege of Corfu (1798–99), fighting in cooperation with Alexander Suvorov’s ground troops to liberate Italy from the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was made by the Moscow-based Ministry of Cinematography by the production unit Mosfilm, in Agfa-color, renamed Sovcolor by Moscow. It is the sequel to Admiral Ushakov, released earlier the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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