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The Seventh Companion (1967)

Genre : War, Drama

Runtime : 1H 29M

Director : Aleksey German, Grigoriy Aronov
Writer : Edgar Dubrovsky, Boris Lavrenev, Yuri Klepikov

Synopsis

German apparently disavowed this, his first film, because of his co-director Grigori Aranov's more classical approach (and his kowtowing to Soviet authority); too bad, because it's something of a knockout. A brilliant, gripping portrait of the era of "Red Terror" during the civil war that followed the Bolshevik revolution, The Seventh Companion offers a superlative 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, like Rossellini's inmate seeking readmission to prison in Dovè la liberta?, back where he started.

Actors

Andrei Popov
Andrei Popov
Maj. Gen. Adamov
Pyotr Chernov
Pyotr Chernov
Zykov
Vladimir Osenev
Vladimir Osenev
Priklonski
Sofiya Giatsintova
Sofiya Giatsintova
General's wife
Aleksey Batalov
Aleksey Batalov
Commissar
Georgiy Yumatov
Georgiy Yumatov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vladimir Muravyov
Turka
Aleksandr Anisimov
Aleksandr Anisimov
Kukhtin
Aleksey Glazyrin
Aleksey Glazyrin
Vladimir Erenberg
Vladimir Erenberg
Vladimir Abramov
Vladimir Abramov
Pantelejmon Krymov
Pantelejmon Krymov
Anatoli Romashin
Anatoli Romashin
Lieutenant
Liliya Gritsenko
Liliya Gritsenko
Yakov Golyakov
Yakov Golyakov
prisoner
Kirill Gun
Kirill Gun

Crews

Aleksey German
Aleksey German
Director
Edgar Dubrovsky
Edgar Dubrovsky
Screenplay
Boris Lavrenev
Boris Lavrenev
Screenplay
Isaak Shvarts
Isaak Shvarts
Original Music Composer
Eduard Rozovsky
Eduard Rozovsky
Director of Photography
Igor Vuskovich
Igor Vuskovich
Production Design
Yuri Klepikov
Yuri Klepikov
Screenplay
Grigoriy Aronov
Grigoriy Aronov
Director
Raisa Izakson
Raisa Izakson
Editor
Larisa Smelova
Larisa Smelova
Set Decoration
Ye. Styrikovich
Ye. Styrikovich
Set Decoration
Vilya Rakhmatulina
Vilya Rakhmatulina
Costume Design
Nina Skvortsova
Nina Skvortsova
Makeup Artist
Boris Antonov
Boris Antonov
Sound

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