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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.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Andrei Popov, Aleksandr Anisimov

Released: April 14, 1968

Runtime: 89.0

Popularity Rating: 0.122

Russia

Maj. Gen. Adamov Andrei Popov
Kukhtin Aleksandr Anisimov
Zykov Pyotr Chernov
Priklonski Vladimir Osenev
General's wife Sofiya Giatsintova
Georgiy Yumatov
Commissar Aleksey Batalov
Aleksey Glazyrin
Vladimir Erenberg
Vladimir Abramov
Pantelejmon Krymov
Lieutenant Anatoli Romashin
Liliya Gritsenko

Art — Production Design: Igor Vuskovich
Camera — Director of Photography: Eduard Rozovsky
Directing — Director: Aleksey German
Directing — Director: Grigori Aronov
Sound — Original Music Composer: Isaak Shvarts
Writing — Screenplay: Boris Lavrenyev
Writing — Screenplay: Edgar Dubrovsky
Writing — Screenplay: Yuri Klepikov