The Forty-first (1956)
"Sorok pervyy" (original title)

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

Director:

Grigoriy Chukhray

Writers:

Grigori Koltunov, Boris Lavrenyev (novel)

Stars:

Izolda Izvitskaya, Oleg Strizhenov, Nikolai Kryuchkov

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Izolda Izvitskaya	...	Soldier Maria Filatovna
Oleg Strizhenov	...	Lieutenant Vadim Nikolayevich Govorkha, Jr.
Nikolai Kryuchkov	...	Commander Ansenti Yevsyukov
Nikolai Dupak	...	Soldier Andrei Chupilko (as N. Dupak)
Georgi Shapovalov	...	Soldier Terentyev (as G. Shapovalov)
Pyotr Lyubeshkin	...	(as P. Lyubeshkin)
L. Kovylin	...	Soldier Kovylin
Yu. Romanov	...	Soldier Vyakhir
Daniil Netrebin	...	Soldier Semyannin (as D. Netrebin)
A. Umuraliyev	...	Soldier Umankul
Anatoli Kokorin	...	Soldier Yegorov (as A. Kokorin)
Vadim Sinitsyn	...	Wounded soldier (as V. Sinitsyn)
K. Zharkimbayev	...	Timerkul
T. Sardarbekova	...	Altynai, village girl
Vadim Zakharchenko	...	(as V. Zakharchenko)

Storyline

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

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Plot Keywords:

sniper | officer | water | caspian sea | tears | 

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Genres:

War | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

15 October 1956 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

The Forty-first

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Sovcolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Histoire(s) du cinéma: Les signes parmi nous (1998)

User Reviews

A very good movie of love and war

This is a very nice story, love and war story. This is a war movie without violence. In all the movie you see only three shoots. A great end for a great movie. It shows that war films can be done without blood everywhere.