A Captain at Fifteen

A classic movie based on a famous "Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" novel by Jules Verne.

Cast

Vsevolod Larionov

as Дик Сенд

Aleksandr Khvylya

as Капитан Гулль

Mikhail Astangov

as Негоро

Pavel Sukhanov

as Бенедикт

Osip Abdulov

as Альварес

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