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The Thirteen

Mikhail Romm

1937 • 1h 30m

The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.

The Thirteen

Cast

Ivan Novoseltsev

Ivan NovoseltsevCommander Ivan Zhuravlyov

Yelena Kuzmina

Yelena KuzminaMarya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova

Aleksey Dolinin

Aleksey DolininSoldier Aleksey Timoshkin

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Aleksandr ChistyakovAleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

Andrey Fayt

Andrey FaytColonel Skuratov

Ivan Kuznetsov

Ivan KuznetsovSoldier Yusuf Akchurin

Petro Masokha

Petro MasokhaSoldier Petr Sviridenko

Pavel YudinSoldier Petrov

Dmitriy ZoltsSoldier Dmitriy Levkoev

Viktor Kulakov

Viktor KulakovSoldier Balandin

Stepan Krylov

Stepan KrylovSoldier Zhurba

Aleksandr KepinovSoldier Muradov

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Nikolay KryuchkovSoldier Nikolai Gusiev

Aga-Rza Kuliyev

Aga-Rza KuliyevSoldier Kuliev

Aleksandr Chekayevsky

Aleksandr Chekayevsky(uncredited)

Crew

Vladimir Egorov

Vladimir EgorovProduction Design

Tatyana Likhachyova

Tatyana LikhachyovaEditor

Mikhail Romm

Mikhail RommDirector

Iosif Prut

Iosif PrutWriter

Boris Volchek

Boris VolchekDirector of Photography

Anatoliy Aleksandrov

Anatoliy AleksandrovOriginal Music Composer

Sergei Uralov

Sergei UralovCamera Operator

Lev Shteynberg

Lev ShteynbergConductor

Lev Indenbom

Lev IndenbomExecutive Producer

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