The Laws of the Storm (1928)

Plot Summary

In October 1917, Warrant Officer Shakhov sided with the revolution.Shakhov is disturbed by the thought that once, during the imperialist war, he was arrested for participating in a revolutionary circle and, during interrogation, while in a semi-conscious state, revealed the name of his comrade and teacher, the revolutionary Rayevsky. This offense of Shakhov's was exposed. The Revolutionary Tribunal sentences Shakhov to death. At the last moment, he is saved by Raevsky, who by then had become a significant party figure named Turbin, who tells the court about Shakhov and the circumstances in which he unknowingly became a traitor. The tribunal acquits Shakhov. Based on the novel “Nine Tenths of Fate“ by Veniamin Kaverin.

Full Cast & Characters

Nikolay Dalmatov

Ensign Konstantin Shakhov

Boris Shlikhting

Captain Tarkhanov

Volodymyr Lisovskyi

Glavetskiy, military court clerk

Nina Li

Galina Myuller

Ivan Kaveberg

Turbin-Raevskiy, chief of staff

F. Khokhlov

Krivenko, commissar

Borys Shelestov

Investigator

A. Ostashevsky

General

Pyotr Matveyenko

Ensign

Nikolai Palnikov

Member of the revolutionary tribunal

Vladimir Voyshvillo

Red army soldier

Vladimir Lanskoy

Official on the train

Director & Crew

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