Boris Barnet-U samogo sinyego morya ('By the Bluest of Seas') (1935)

Yussuf and Aliosha are two shipwrecked sailor on an island in the Caspian Sea. They start working as sailor and mechanic for the fishboats of the "Lights of the Communism" kolkhoz. Here the two friends will fall in love for the beautiful Misha. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0028436/plotsummary)




Filmed in glowing sunshine, spaced by a menacing storm, it covers the two sailors banded up with the Caspian "Light of Communism" fishing co-op who divide their time between making the boats run and competing for the lanky blond chair-lady of the board. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0028436/usercomments)




The three leads are appealing, slim and unconventional and we enjoy our time with them. The storm is filmed with some ingenuity, with the cabin tilting in some sound stage machine and the ocean pounding the deck. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0028436/usercomments)




The story is pretty slight and finally propagandist, with the blond remaining faithful to her sailor fiancé off battling the nation's maritime enemies, but it never has the heavy handedness of the body of the Russian product which survives. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0028436/usercomments)




During the war effort, women are alone to run the business, and these two young single sailors, rescued from a shipwreck, become the attraction. Melo-comedy driven by the competition between 2 friends for the same woman, who happens to love another one. Confusion and misunderstandings ensue. The story backdrop develops a nationalist propaganda to support troups fighting on the Pacific front, and promotes the utopia of communitary farms such as this fishermen village on an isolated island pompously named "Lights of the Communism". (http://screenville.blogspot.com/2006/05/digest-may-2006.html)