The Seventh Companion (1967)

6.3/10 89 min War Drama

Overview

A portrait of the era of "Red Terror" during the civil war that followed the Bolshevik revolution, The Seventh Companion offers a character study in General Adamov (Andrei Popov), a law professor in the tsarist army, who is incarcerated by the Bolshevik secret police along with many other members of the bourgeoisie. Finally released into the new world of the Soviet Union, the resigned officer finds that he has lost everything from his old life except a mantel clock that he carries through the night from place to place, until he ends up back where he started.

Cast

Andrei Popov

Maj. Gen. Adamov

Pyotr Chernov

Zykov

Vladimir Osenev

Priklonski

Valentin Abramov

Predsedatel domkombeda

Sofiya Giatsintova

General's wife

Vladimir Erenberg

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Muravlyov

Georgiy Yumatov

Aleksey Batalov

Commissar

Aleksey Glazyrin

Liliya Gritsenko

Vladimir Muravyov

Turka

Pantelejmon Krymov

Anatoliy Romashin

Lieutenant

Kirill Gun

Nikolai Korn

Polkovnik

Vladimir Kozlov

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