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The Seventh Companion (1967)

The Seventh Companion poster
Original title
Седьмой спутник
Directed by
Grigori Aronov
Genre
drama film, war film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former tsarist general is released from prison during the Russian Revolution and struggles to find his place in the new Soviet society. The story follows his journey through a changed Petrograd as he confronts the loss of his old world.

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What happens

The Seventh Companion (Russian: Седьмой спутник, romanized: Sed'moy sputnik) is a 1967 Soviet drama film set in Petrograd in the years following the Russian Revolution. The film marked the directorial debut of Russian director Aleksei German, who co-directed it with Grigori Aronov. The film is based on a novel by Boris Lavrenyov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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