The Forty-First (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Grigori Chukhrai |
| Screenplay by | Grigori Koltunov |
| Based on | The Forty-First by Boris Lavrenyov |
| Produced by | G. Lukin |
| Starring | Izolda Izvitskaya Oleg Strizhenov Nikolai Kryuchkov |
| Cinematography | Sergey Urusevsky |
| Edited by | Lidia Lysenkova |
| Music by | Nikolai Kryukov |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Forty-First (Russian: Сорок первый, romanized: Sorok pervyy) is a 1956 Soviet war romance film based on the eponymous novel by Boris Lavrenyov. It was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starred Izolda Izvitskaya and Oleg Strizhenov. The film, a remake of the 1927 movie with the same name, is set during the Russian Civil War and tells the story of a tragic romance between a female sniper of the Red Army and an officer of the White Army.