The Seventh Companion (Седьмой спутник) 56 years old

German apparently disavowed this, his first film, because of his co-director Grigori Aranov's more classical approach (and his kowtowing to Soviet authority); too bad, because it's something of a knockout. A brilliant, gripping portrait of the era of "Red Terror" during the civil war that followed the Bolshevik revolution, The Seventh Companion offers a superlative 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, like Rossellini's inmate seeking readmission to prison in Dovè la liberta?, back where he started.

Credits

The Seventh Companion Cast

Name Character
Aleksey Batalov He was 39, 88 years old when he died as Commissar
Georgiy Yumatov
Vladimir Osenev He was 59, 68 years old when he died as Priklonski
Andrei Popov He was 20, 5 years old when he died as Maj. Gen. Adamov
Anatoli Romashin He was 37, 69 years old when he died as Lieutenant
Pantelejmon Krymov
Vladimir Erenberg He was 61, 89 years old when he died
Liliya Gritsenko She was 50, 71 years old when she died

The Seventh Companion Crew

Name Department
Isaak Shvarts as Original Music Composer. He was 44 (86) years old when He died Sound
Edgar Dubrovsky as Screenplay. He was 36 (84) years old when He died Writing
Yuri Klepikov as Screenplay. He was 32 (now 89) years old Writing
Aleksey German as Director. He was 29 (74) years old when He died Directing
Eduard Rozovsky as Director of Photography. He was 41 (84) years old when He died Camera
The Seventh Companion poster
The Seventh Companion (56 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, November 26, 1967
  • Runtime: 89 minutes