At the beginning of the summer of 1905, representatives of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party Krasilnikov and Elkonen turned to Captain Zhanis Trautman, a Latvian political emigrant living on the outskirts of London, with a proposal to lead a steamer with a cargo of weapons to the shores of Russia. Having recruited a team of old and tried comrades, Trautman changes the crew of an English cargo ship bought by the front men. In the course of the squabble that arose on this occasion, a sailor of the old crew, David Blake, was stabbed. The wounded Blake and the veterinarian Gruber, who accompanied the cargo of anthrax drugs, are forced to leave on board. On the high seas, weapons and explosives were loaded on board. The steamer headed for the Oresund Strait, where a messenger was to meet him.
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Janis Paukstello
Also in
Death Under Sail
My Frivolous Friend
Juris Plavins
Also in
Long Road in the Dunes
Wait for the «John Grafton»
Jānis Mūrnieks
Vladlens Dozorcevs
Juris Strenga
Known for
Catherine the Great
The Good Neighbor
Juris Pļaviņš
Krasilnikov
Gļebs Korotejevs
Valerijs Starodubcevs
Jonas Pakulis
Also in
Wait for the «John Grafton»
Marius
Viktors Šildknehts
Juozas Budraitis
Known for
The Queen's Gambit
Black Lightning
Liene Bāliņa
Andris Rozenbergs Director · Vladlen Dozortsev Writer Valeriy Starodubtsev Writer
First release January 4, 1979 · Produced in Russia · Production Gosteleradio USSR, Rigas Kinostudija
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Rīgas kinostudija
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Gosteleradio USSR
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Rigas Kinostudija
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Russia
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Original title
Gaidiet "Džonu Graftonu"
Original language
Latvian
Release dates
Latvia · January 4, 1979
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 12, 1979 · TV
Russia
December 25, 1979 · limited
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