The Thirteen (Trinadtsat)

The Thirteen (Trinadtsat) Film poster Country USSR Directed by Mikhail Romm Release Date 1936 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Distributor Amkino Corporation Main Cast Character Actor Commander Ivan Zhuravliev Ivan Novoseltsev Marya Zhuravlieva Yelena Kuzmina Outlaw Col. Skuratov Andrey Fayt Soldier Aleksei Timoshkin Aleksey Dolinin Aleksandr Postnikov Aleksandr Chistyakov

The Thirteen (Russian Title: Trinadtsat/Тринадцать) is a 1936 Russian film directed by Mikhail Romm. The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians which across a Middle Asian desert. They were forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi (Middle Asian Muslim rebels) for the dry draw-well. Being a remake of 1934 movie The Lost Patrol by John Ford, film was remade as Sahara by Zoltan Korda in 1943 (which was also remade with James Belushi in 1995).

The following weapons were used in the film The Thirteen (Trinadtsat):

Handguns

Russian Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).

Red Army man fires his Nagant revolver

Mauser C96

Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" - 7.63x25mm Mauser.

Outlaw Colonel Skuratov (Andrey Fayt) fires his Mauser C96

Rifle

Mosin Nagant Rifle

The full-length Mosin Nagant Rifles are the mainstay weapons of Red Army men and Basmachi.

Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR.

Machine Guns

Maxim M1910

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR

Separately Maxim M1910 machine gun, 'Sokolov' wheel mount, shield and two cartridge boxes.

The Red Army man fires Maxim M1910 machine gun at Basmachi.

Degtyaryov DP-27

The Red Army reinforcements use DP-27 machine gun during the final battle.

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Hand Grenade

RG-14/30

RG-14/30 Soviet hand grenade.

The Red Army man with a RG-14/30 hand grenade

See Also

• Sahara (1943)
• Sahara (1995)