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, who also wrote the screenplay, 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.