The seventh ball
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Седьмая пуля Sedmaja pulja |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ali Khamraev |
| script |
Friedrich Gorenstein Andrei Michalkow-Konschalowski |
| production | Uzbek movie |
| music | Rumil Wildanow |
| camera | Alexander Pann |
| occupation | |
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The seventh bullet ( Russian Седьмая пуля ) is a Soviet feature film released in 1972 by the director Ali Khamraev . The film produced by the Uzbek film studio belongs to the genre of Soviet western films.
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The film is about the struggle of Uzbek and other Central Asian communists against the Basmati troops in the early 1920s. These, as shown in the film, terrorize the peaceful population while the communist militias are portrayed in an extremely positive light.
The Soviet commander Maksumov notes that most of his units have defected to the superior, counter-revolutionary Basmatschit forces under the leadership of officer Chairulla. Initially, the situation for Maksumov therefore looks hopeless, but he finally manages to defeat Chairulla's troops through cunning and planning by convincing his men that Chairulla is not acting in their interests. In the finale of the film Maksumov puts his adversary to flight. In the end there is only one bullet left in his weapon, the seventh bullet.
Trivia
The film premiered on April 30, 1973 in Moscow. It was shown in theaters on July 12, 1974 in the GDR . In 1976 it was first broadcast on German television on ZDF . The film was one of the most popular titles from the “red western films” genre.
Web links
- The seventh ball in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The seventh bullet on kino-teatr.ru (Russian)
- The seventh bullet in the lexicon of international films