Admiral Nakhimov
Directed by	Vsevolod Pudovkin
Written by	Igor Lukovsky
Starring	Aleksei Dikiy Ruben Simonov
Cinematography	Anatoli Golovnya Tamara Lobova
Music by	Nikolai Kryukov
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	2 January 1947
Running time	93 minutes (2,541 meters)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов) is a 1947 Soviet biopic film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, based on the life of Russian Admiral Pavel Nakhimov (1802-1855). In 1946 Pudovkin, Golovnya, Lukovsky, Kryukov, Dikiy, Simonov, and Knyazev received the Stalin Prize.^[1]

Production

The movie had to be remade after the Communist Party of the Soviet Union viewed it as having historical inaccuracies and too many "parties and dancing." Therefore, they recruited Vsevolod Pudovkin to recreate the film, where he removed the love story, "toned down" the dance scenes, and made other changes.^[2]

Plot

Cast

Response

Criticism

Stalin said this about the film: "Pudovkin, for instance, undertook the production of a film on Nakhimov without studying the details of the matter, and distorted historical truth. The result was a film not about Nakhimov but about balls and dances with episodes from the life of Nakhimov".^[3][4]

Awards

• Award at the 8th Venice International Film Festival for the best crowd scenes, an honorary diploma for his performance as Nakhimov (Aleksei Dikiy)
• Best Cinematography at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1947.^[5]
• Stalin Prize I degree in 1947 (awarded to director Vsevolod Pudovkin, cinematographer Anatoli Golovnya, screenwriter Igor Lukowski, composer Nikolai Kryukov, actors Aleksei Dikiy, Ruben Simonov, Leonid Knyazev).^[6]