The Thirteen (1937)

5.4/10 90 min Adventure War

Overview

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.

Cast

Ivan Novoseltsev

Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov

Yelena Kuzmina

Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova

Aleksey Dolinin

Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

Andrey Fayt

Colonel Skuratov

Ivan Kuznetsov

Soldier Yusuf Akchurin

Petro Masokha

Soldier Petr Sviridenko

Viktor Kulakov

Soldier Balandin

Stepan Krylov

Soldier Zhurba

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Soldier Nikolai Gusiev

Aga-Rza Kuliyev

Soldier Kuliev

Aleksandr Chekayevsky

(uncredited)

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