- The Seventh Bullet
"The Seventh Bullet (Sedmaya Pulya/Седьмая Пуля)" is a
Soviet Ostern film of1972 directed byAli Khamraev .Plot
In the same tradition as "
The White Sun of the Desert " and "The Bodyguard", "The Seventh Bullet" is set after theRussian Civil War which ended in the1920s whenSoviet power established itself in CentralAsia in the wake of theBasmachi rebellion. Despite this slight shift in emphasis and a post-war setting, "The Seventh Bullet" is closer to a typical war film than otherRed Western s because of a prominence of tactical resourcefulness in the development of the plot. Although of course this is a staple of many American Westerns fromJohn Ford 'scavalry series to the manyApache war films.Despite the restoration of Soviet power in the area, Basmachis continue to arrive from across the border, bringing death and destruction to peaceful villages. One of the bands of rebels is led by Khairulla who is pitted against the
militsiya (local militia) leader Maxumov. At first it seems hopeless for Maxumov as the rebels capture most of his men, winning them over to his side. He has only one strategy left; to give himself up, and try to explain to the people that Khairulla has deceived them, turning the soldiers back to revolution. Later in pursuit of his enemy, he chases Khairulla across a river. He has only one bullet left -- the seventh, and he must not miss his target!External links
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