The Thirteen (1937)

Original title

Тринадцать

Directed by

Mikhail Romm

Genre

adventure film, war film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Red Army soldiers and civilians band together to protect a vital desert well from bandits in Central Asia. The group faces a desperate standoff in a harsh, isolated landscape.

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What happens

The Thirteen is a 1937 Soviet epic Ostern action adventure film directed by Mikhail Romm. Starring Ivan Novoseltsev and Yelena Kuzmina, it depicts a group of Red Army soldiers and civilians who fight to defend an essential desert well from a group of Basmachi bandits in Central Asia. The film was commissioned by Joseph Stalin as a Soviet adaptation of John Ford's film The Lost Patrol. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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