The Forty-first (1956)
by Grigori Chukhrai
Potemkin Films - February 22, 2023
Original Title :
Audio : DTSHD-MA 2.0 Mono: Russian
Subtitles : French
Duration : 87' ( )
Format : Blu-ray
Area : B
Genre : War, Drama
Synopsis
During the Civil War in 1918, a detachment of the Red Army moves across the white sands of Central Asia. The best shooter in the group is a woman, Marioutka, who has already killed 40 White Guard soldiers. When is the 41st?
Presentations by Joël Chapron, specialist in Russian cinema (2016):
"The Representation of War and its Memory in the USSR and Russia": interview with François Xavier Nérard, lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2022, 26')
"The Forty-first" by Yakov Protazanov (1926, B&W, 51', silent)
- the movie (9')
- the director Grigori Tchoukhraï (11')
"The Representation of War and its Memory in the USSR and Russia": interview with François Xavier Nérard, lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2022, 26')
"The Forty-first" by Yakov Protazanov (1926, B&W, 51', silent)
Restored version
Case with sheath