The Thirteen (1937)
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.
Director: Mikhail Romm
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Ivan Novoseltsev as Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov |
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Yelena Kuzmina as Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova |
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Aleksey Dolinin as Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin |
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Aleksandr Chistyakov as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist |
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Andrey Fayt as Colonel Skuratov |
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Ivan Kuznetsov as Soldier Yusuf Akchurin |
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Petro Masokha as Soldier Petr Sviridenko |
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Pavel Yudin as Soldier Petrov |
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Dmitriy Zolts as Soldier Dmitriy Levkoev |
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Viktor Kulakov as Soldier Balandin |
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Stepan Krylov as Soldier Zhurba |
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Aleksandr Kepinov as Soldier Muradov |
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Nikolay Kryuchkov as Soldier Nikolai Gusiev |
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Aga-Rza Kuliyev as Soldier Kuliev |
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Aleksandr Chekayevsky as (uncredited) |
| Writing | Mikhail Romm | Writer |
| Art | Vladimir Egorov | Production Design |
| Directing | Mikhail Romm | Director |
| Writing | Iosif Prut | Writer |
| Art | Mikhail Karyakin | Production Design |
| Editing | Tatyana Likhachyova | Editor |
| Camera | Boris Volchek | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Anatoliy Aleksandrov | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | K. Eggers | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Sergei Uralov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Lev Shteynberg | Conductor |
| Sound | Boris Volsky | Sound |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Leshchyov | Sound Director |
| Crew | V. Afonskiy | Military Consultant |
| Directing | Valentina Kuznetsova | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Andrey Nikulin | Production Illustrator |
| Production | Lev Indenbom | Executive Producer |