The Forty-First
aka Sorok pervyy
Reviewed in April 2014
Director: Grigoriy Chukhrai. Cast: Izolda Izvitskaya, Oleg Strizhenov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Nikolai Dupak, Georgi Shapovalov, Pyotr Lyubeshkin, Daniil Netrebin, Asanbek Umuraliev, Anatoli Kokorin. Screenplay: Grigoriy Koltunov (based on the novel by Boris Lavrenyev).
Twitter Capsule: Ballad of a Soldier's Chukhrai stages a richly shot Swept Away on Aral Sea between elite soldier and bolshy sniper.

Photo © 1956 Mosfilm, © 1957 Artkino Pictures
Not yet reviewed in full. B


Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Special Jury Prize

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