Commandant of the Bird Island

Commandant of the Bird Island (Russian: Комендант Птичьего острова) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Vasili Pronin.^[1][2][3]

Commandant of the Bird Island
Russian: Комендант Птичьего острова
Directed by	Vasily Pronin
Written by	Sergei Dikovsky
Starring	Leonid Kmit Aleksey Konsovsky
Music by	Vano Muradeli
Release date	1939 (1939)
Running time	55 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The border patrol boat Smely intercepts a schooner off the coast of Kamchatka. Onboard, posing as fishermen, are Japanese spies. The vessel is taken in tow, and sailor Kositsyn is left aboard to keep watch. A violent storm breaks out, and the spies cut the towlines. The schooner crashes onto coastal rocks, stranding everyone on a deserted islet. Now Kositsyn faces an almost impossible task: alone, without sleep, food, or water, he must guard seven Japanese spies and prevent their escape. With no hope of rescue, he nevertheless fulfills his duty as a Soviet border guard.^[4]

Cast

• Leonid Kmit as Kositsyn
• Nikolai Dorokhin as Commander of the Soviet border patrol boat 'Smely'
• Nikolay Gorlov as Ensign
• Mikhail Troyanovsky as Captain of a Japanese schooner
• Lev Potyomkin as Skipper of a Japanese schooner
• Aleksey Konsovsky as Japanese radio operator
• Pyotr Savin as Red Navy sailor
• Aleksandr Grechany as Red Navy sailor^[5]