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The Forty First (1927 film)

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Director
  
Yakov Protazanov

Production
  
Gorky Film Studio

Duration
  

Country
  
Soviet Union

6.7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, War

The Forty First (1927 film) movie poster

Cast
  
Ivan Koval-Samborsky
,
Ivan Shtraukh
,
Ada Vojtsik
(Maryutka)

Language
  
Silent film with Russian intertitles

Writer
  
Yakov Protazanov
,
Boris Lavrenyov
,
Boris Leonidov

Release date
  
1 March 1927 (1927-03-01)

Genres
  
War film, Silent film, Black-and-white

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The Forty-First (Russian: Сорок первый) is a 1927 Soviet war film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on a novel of the same name by Boris Lavrenyov.

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Synopsis

The film is set during the Russian Civil War. Across the white sands of Central Asia, the Red Army's detachment is advancing, led by the Commissioner Yevsyukov. They are dying of thirst and are pursued by the Whites. Based on the battle account, the best shooter of Maryutki's squad killed forty Whites. In the last battle to capture the caravan, a White lieutenant aristocrat Govorukha-Otrok is captured, who was sent on a diplomatic mission from Alexander Kolchak to Anton Denikin.

Cast

  • Ada Vojtsik - Maryutka
  • Ivan Koval-Samborsky
  • Ivan Straukh
  • References

    The Forty-First (1927 film) Wikipedia
    The Forty-First (1927 film) IMDbThe Forty-First (1927 film) themoviedb.org