The film “Unique A. I. Marinesko" to be watched and discussed at the Presidential Library

January 29, 2018 at 16:00 in the Presidential Library will be held a regular meeting of the cinema club, timed to the 105th anniversary of the birth and the 55th anniversary of the death of the commander of the legendary submarine S-13 Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko. The program includes showing and discussion of the film "Unique A. I. Marinesko". A full-length documentary tape will be presented by the author, director Alexander Sorokin.

At the beginning of the film, one of the experts, a professor at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Konstantin Shilov, noted that it was little known about Alexander Marinesko, while for the post-war generations this name was cultic. What happened to the legendary submariner, why his fate was changed so drastically in peacetime?

These and other uneasy questions of the film of Alexander Sorokin, based, among other things, on military newsreels, memories of the last surviving sailor from the submarine S-13, the reflections of scientists and sailors of our days will be put before the audience

The central episode of the film was the feat of Marinesko. January 30, 1945 submarine S-13 under his command sent to the bottom of the German superliner "Wilhelm Gustloff", and on February 10, 1945 - the ship "General von Steuben". On both ships there were, according to various sources, from 8 to 10 thousand people.

For these attacks, the captain of the third rank Marinesko was presented to the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union". However, he was already awarded posthumously. In 1945, Marinesko was sent into retirement, and he did not return to the fleet. Who was behind the denigration of the fearless, beloved crew captain?

The answers to these questions will be given by the daughter of the submariner Tatiana Marinesko and the experts invited by the director.

The meeting of the cinema club will take place in the multimedia hall of the Presidential Library at the address: Senatskaya Square, 3. Please confirm your presence by the phone: (812) 305-16-35; + 7-921-594-16-13 or by e-mail: smolina@prlib.ru, Elena Viktorovna Smolina.

Accreditation for media representatives - until 16:00, January 26, 2018.

Applications for accreditation should be sent in the attached form to the e-mail address hudjakova@prlib.ru, Alexandra Khudyakova, press-service of the Presidential Library, tel. (812) 305-16-21, ext. 167; mob: + 7-981-788-28-08.

The attached form should indicate the full name, the name of the media, the date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of the vehicles carried, contact telephones.

We draw your attention that the entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only upon prior request and upon showing the passport: participants and guests of the event - through entrance  № 1, representatives of the media - through entrance  № 2.