The Seventh Companion (1967)
Overview
A portrait of the era of "Red Terror" during the civil war that followed the Bolshevik revolution, The Seventh Companion offers a character study in General Adamov (Andrei Popov), a law professor in the tsarist army, who is incarcerated by the Bolshevik secret police along with many other members of the bourgeoisie. Finally released into the new world of the Soviet Union, the resigned officer finds that he has lost everything from his old life except a mantel clock that he carries through the night from place to place, until he ends up back where he started.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 1.851 |
Directed By
Aleksei German
Grigoriy Aronov
Crew
Raisa Izakson
Larisa Smelova
Yevgeniy Styrikovich
Vilya Rakhmatulina
Nina Skvortsova
Aleksei German
Edgar Dubrovsky
Boris Lavrenev
Isaac Schwarts
Eduard Rozovsky
Igor Vuskovich
Yuri Klepikov
Grigoriy Aronov
Boris Antonov
TOP CAST
Andrei Popov
Maj. Gen. Adamov
Pyotr Chernov
Zykov
Vladimir Osenev
Priklonski
Sofiya Giatsintova
General's wife
Aleksey Batalov
Commissar
Vladimir Muravyov
Turka
Aleksandr Anisimov
Kukhtin
Anatoliy Romashin
Lieutenant
Yakov Golyakov
prisoner
Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Muravlyov
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