The Thirteen
The Thirteen (Russian: Тринадцать, romanized: Trinadtsat) is a 1937 Soviet adventure film directed by Mikhail Romm.[1]
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| Directed by | Mikhail Romm |
| Written by | Iosif Prut Mikhail Romm |
| Starring | Ivan Novoseltsev Yelena Kuzmina |
| Music by | Anatoli Aleksandrov |
| Cinematography | Boris Volchek |
| Edited by | Tatyana Likhachyova |
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Running time | 1h 30min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
Soviet Central Asia. Ten demobilized Red Army soldiers ride through the desert to the railroad. Three more people are with them: commander of the frontier Zhuravlev and his wife Maria Nikolaevna and an old geologist. In the desert, they find a well and hidden machine guns – this is the base of Basmach Shirmat Khan, whom the Red Army could not neutralize for a whole year. A single soldier is sent out for help while others remain to restrain the Basmachi.
In the well there is almost no water, but the Red Army carefully conceal it from the Basmachi who have approached. The bandits suffer from thirst, but attack violently in an attempt to reach the well. In an unequal battle, nearly all defenders of the well are killed, and the enemies are captured by the cavalry which has come to the rescue.
Cast
- Ivan Novoseltsev - Squadron Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov
- Yelena Kuzmina - Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova
- Aleksandr Chistyakov - Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
- Andrei Fajt - Half Colonel Skuratov
- Ivan Kuznetsov - Soldier Yusuf Akchurin
- Alexei Dolinin as Aleksey Timoshkin - Red Army soldier (as A. Dolinin)
- Pyotr Masokha as Petr Sviridenko - Red Army soldier (as P. Masokha)
- Pavel Yudin as Petrov - Red Army soldier (as P. Yudin)
- Dmitry Zolts as Dimiriy Levkoyev - Red Army soldier (as D. Zolts)
- Viktor Kulakov as Nikolay Balandin - Red Army soldier (as V. Kulakov)
Influence
In 1943 the US film Sahara directed by Zoltan Korda and starring Humphrey Bogart and the 1995 remake was released which shared significant similarities in the plot.
References
- "The Thirteen". IFFR. Retrieved 2020-01-25.