The Boy Named Captain

The Boy Named Captain

88 mins | Drama, War | May 15, 1973

A story about a young hero of the Great Patriotic War, scout Yasha Gordienko. A short, stocky boy who dreamed of becoming a military sailor was a liaison of a partisan detachment in Odesa occupied by the Nazis. Captured on the denunciation of a traitor, he was shot by the Germans Nazis.

The Boy Named Captain

88 mins | Drama, War | May 15, 1973

The Boy Named Captain
A story about a young hero of the Great Patriotic War, scout Yasha Gordienko. A short, stocky boy who dreamed of becoming a military sailor was a liaison of a partisan detachment in Odesa occupied by the Nazis. Captured on the denunciation of a traitor, he was shot by the Germans Nazis.
Producers Odessa Film Studio
Original title Мальчишку звали Капитаном
Directors Mark Tolmachyov
Writers Ivan Vorobyov

Cast

Боря Зайцев

as Яша Гордиенко

Anatoli Grachyov

as Павел Бадаев

Виктор Ирич

as Алексей Гордиенко, родной брат Яши

Герберт Дмитриев

as майор Курерару

Саша Данилочкин

as Саша Чиков

Леонид Рымарь

as Саша Хорошенко