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The Thirteen
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The Thirteen

1937-05-08 · 90 min · ★ 5.7

Adventure · War

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.

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Directors
Mikhail Romm
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ivan NovoseltsevIvan NovoseltsevCommander Ivan Zhuravlyov
Yelena KuzminaYelena KuzminaMarya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova
Aleksey DolininAleksey DolininSoldier Aleksey Timoshkin
Aleksandr ChistyakovAleksandr ChistyakovAleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
Andrey FaytAndrey FaytColonel Skuratov
Ivan KuznetsovIvan KuznetsovSoldier Yusuf Akchurin
Petro MasokhaPetro MasokhaSoldier Petr Sviridenko
Pavel YudinSoldier Petrov
Dmitriy ZoltsSoldier Dmitriy Levkoev
Viktor KulakovViktor KulakovSoldier Balandin
Stepan KrylovStepan KrylovSoldier Zhurba
Aleksandr KepinovSoldier Muradov
Nikolay KryuchkovNikolay KryuchkovSoldier Nikolai Gusiev
Aga-Rza KuliyevAga-Rza KuliyevSoldier Kuliev
Aleksandr ChekayevskyAleksandr Chekayevsky(uncredited)

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