Sailor Chizhik

Sailor Chizhik (Матрос Чижик) is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by.

Plot
Having received an injury during the exercises, the sailor Chizhik is sent by the orderly to the house of Captain Luzgin. Wife of the captain of a young beautiful woman is very cruel to the orderly, constantly humiliating him, counting a servant. The only joy in the life of the sailor is communication with the little sadchuk Shura, a kind, fair and sensitive boy.

Once, unable to withstand the insults of the mistress, the orderly decides to flee. It is stopped only by an unforeseen circumstance: the heaviest inflammation of the lungs in a child. A vigilant nurse, not for a moment leaving Shura, sits Chizhik at his bed, literally fighting with death.

Starring

 * Mikhail Kuznetsov as Feodosy Chizhik
 * Vladimir Yemelyanov as Vasily Luzgin, a captain
 * Nadezhda Cherednichenko as Mariya Ivanovna, Luzgin's wife
 * Anatoly Melnikov as Shurka,  Luzgin's son
 * Nadezhda Sementsova as Anyutka
 * Vsevolod Tyagushev  as Ivan
 * Sergey Petrov as Doktor
 * Ivan Ryzhov as sailor
 * Lev Silayev as Michman
 * Valentina Telegina as Avdotya Petrovna
 * Mikhail Troyanovsky as Flegont Nilych

Release
With the Soviet Union, Vladimir Braun's film was watched by 22.3 million spectators (786th result).