

A 31-minute Soviet childhood fever dream where a sea captain uncle crashes into a kid's life like a wave of chaos.
The story of how the hero of Viktor Dragunsky's stories - Deniska Korablev - meets his uncle, a sea captain.
Acting
Rolan Bykov's unhinged captain energy carries every frame.
Production
Somehow makes 1973 Odessa feel like the entire ocean.

Director
Ayan Shakhmaliyeva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rolan Bykov was already a beloved Soviet children's film icon; this was one of his many 'chaotic uncle' roles that defined an era.
Viktor Dragunsky's Deniska stories were required childhood reading in the USSR—this adaptation assumes you already love him.