Sniper (1931 film)
Sniper | |
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Russian: Снайпер | |
Directed by | Semyon Timoshenko |
Written by | Semyon Timoshenko |
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Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Sniper (Russian: Снайпер) is a 1931 Soviet drama film directed and written by Semyon Timoshenko.[1][2][3]
Plot[]
The film begins during the First World War. A former metallurgist goes to France as part of the Russian Expeditionary Force and there he kills a German sniper. Examining the documents of the sniper, he learns that the dead man also worked at a metallurgical plant, as a result of which he comes to the idea of the need for solidarity between the workers. After the war, returning to his homeland - to Russia, where he is employed by a brigade leader at the depot at the railway border station. Suddenly a group of bandits attacked the station. Defending himself and the station, the protagonist destroys the leader of the gang, who turns out to be his former commander.
Cast[]
- Boris Shlikhting as The Captain
- Pyotr Sobolevsky as The Soldier
- Pyotr Kirillov as German Sniper
- Vladimir Gardin as Colonel
- as French officer
- as Worker
- Leonid Kmit as Worker Viktor[4]
References[]
External links[]
- Russian-language films
- 1931 films
- Soviet films
- 1930s Russian-language films
- Soviet drama films
- 1931 drama films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- 1930s Soviet film stubs