The Thirteen

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1937 Soviet film

The Thirteen

Directed by| Mikhail Romm
Written by| Iosif Prut
Mikhail Romm
Starring| Ivan Novoseltsev
Yelena Kuzmina
Cinematography| Boris Volchek
Edited by| Tatyana Likhachyova
Music by| Anatoli Aleksandrov
Distributed by| Mosfilm

Release date

* 8 May 1937 (1937-05-08)

Running time

| 1h 30min
Country| Soviet Union
Language| Russian

The Thirteen[a] is a 1937 Soviet epic Ostern action adventure film directed by Mikhail Romm.[1]

## Plot

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The Thirteen (full film)

In 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.

There is almost no water in the well, but the soldiers carefully conceal it from the Basmachi who have approached. The bandits suffer from thirst and attack in an attempt to reach the well. In an unequal battle, nearly all the defenders are killed, but their enemies are captured by the cavalry which has come to the rescue.

## Cast

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* Ivan Novoseltsev - Squadron Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov
* Yelena Kuzmina \- Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova
* Aleksandr Chistyakov - Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
* Andrei Fajt \- Sub-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

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The 1943 American film Sahara, directed by Zoltan Korda and starring Humphrey Bogart, and its 1995 remake have significant plot similarities. In fact, in the film's opening credits for the screenplay and adaptation, the 1943 film credits the Soviet photoplay for inspiration.

## Notes

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1. ^ Russian: Тринадцать, romanized: Trinadtsat'

## References

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1. ^ "The Thirteen". IFFR. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

## External links

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* The Thirteen at IMDb

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Films by Mikhail Romm

* Boule de Suif (1934)
* The Thirteen (1936)
* Lenin in October (1937)
* Lenin in 1918 (1939)
* Dream (1941)
* Girl No. 217 (1945)
* The Russian Question (1947)
* Secret Mission (1950)
* Attack from the Sea (1953)
* Admiral Ushakov (1953)
* Murder on Dante Street (1956)
* Nine Days in One Year (1962)
* Triumph Over Violence (1965)

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