The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.
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Cast
15 people
Ivan Novoseltsev
Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov
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Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin
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Aleksandr Chistyakov
Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
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Ivan Kuznetsov
Soldier Yusuf Akchurin
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Petro Masokha
Soldier Petr Sviridenko
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Pavel Yudin
Soldier Petrov
Dmitriy Zolts
Soldier Dmitriy Levkoev
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Viktor Kulakov
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Mikhail Romm Director · Iosif Prut Writer Anatoliy Aleksandrov Composer
First release May 8, 1937 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Тринадцать
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Тринадцать
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 8, 1937
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
January 24, 1947 · Theatrical
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