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The Forty-First (1927)

The Forty-First poster
Original title
Сорок первый
Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
Genre
drama film, silent film, war film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A female Red Army sharpshooter is stranded on an island with a White Army officer she was supposed to execute. They clash over their opposing loyalties and fall in love.

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What happens

The Forty-First (Russian: Сорок первый) is a 1927 Soviet war film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on a novel of the same name by Boris Lavrenyov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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