Journey Beyond Three Seas (1957)

6.1/10 144 min Adventure History

Overview

This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.

Cast

Nargis

Champa

Oleg Strizhenov

Afanasiy Nikitin

Padmini

Court Dancer Lakshmi

Prithviraj Kapoor

Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan

Manmohan Krishna

Champa's Father

Achala Sachdev

Champa's Mother

David Abraham Cheulkar

Asad Khan

Balraj Sahni

Sakaram

Iya Arepina

Dunyasha

Nikifor Kolofidin

Vasily Panin

Vsevolod Yakut

Miguel

Ivan Zhevago

Tver merchant

Amandurdy Khojakuliev

Stepan Kayukov

Varvara Obukhova

Boris Terentyev

Athanasius Nikitin's father

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