The Seventh Companion
1968 · Movie · 89 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
The film is set in St. Petersburg, Russia after the Russian revolution of 1917. Maj. General Yevgeni Pavlovich Adamov (Andrei Popov) was a lawyer in the Tzar's Army and a professor of law at the Military Academy before the Russian Revolution. In the fall of 1918 he was arrested on false accusations and suffered the loss of all his property and honors. During the turbulent times of Revolution he managed to use all his experience and professionalism to prove his innocence. He was released from prison and all charges against him were dropped. He became a free man, but the reality is changed, and his adaptation to the post-revolutionary life was not easy... Based on the eponymous book by Boris Lavrenev.
Direction Grigori Aronov · Aleksey German
Cast Andrei Popov · Aleksandr Anisimov · Georgiy Shtil · Petr Cernov · Vladimir Osenev · Sofiya Giatsintova · Aleksey Batalov · Georgiy Yumatov · Anatoli Romashin
Soundtrack Isaac Schwartz
Screenplay Edgar Dubrovsky · Yuri Klepikov · Boris Lavrenyev
Cinematography Eduard Rozovsky
Original title Sedmoy sputnik
7.6
68 votes (FilmAffinity)
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