Defence of Sevastopol

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Vasily Goncharov, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Russia, 1911. Defence of Sevastopol is a 1911 historical war film about the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. It was the first feature film made in the Russian Empire and it premiered on 26 October at the Livadia Palace of Tsar Nicolas II. Silent, about 100 minutes. Commons holds a complete File: print. Foreign production; catalogued unverified because source-country term is not cleared.