Two Captains (Russian: Два капитана, romanized: Dva kapitana) is a 1955 Soviet adventure film directed by Vladimir Vengerov, based on a novel by Veniamin Kaverin.

[2][3][4][5][6][7] The film tells of Alexander Grigoriev who dreams of becoming a polar pilot and finding traces of the Arctic expedition of Captain Tatarinov, which has disappeared, and he persistently goes to his goal.

Dreaming of adventure, Sanya runs away from home to travel the world but ends up in Petrograd, becoming a street child.

Sanya befriends Katya Tatarynova, the daughter of the late Captain Ivan Lvovich Tatarynov, who was Nikolai’s cousin.

Later, a Soviet professor delivers a public lecture about the expedition’s discoveries, its tragic fate, and Nikolai’s culpability.