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Abrek Zaur

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Abrek Zaur
Directed byBoris Mikhin
Written byI. Bei-Abai
CinematographyKonstantin Kuznetsov
Edited byEsfir Shub
Music byVladimir Messman
Production
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Release date
  • 1926 (1926)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesSilent
Russian intertitles

Abrek Zaur (Russian: Абрек Заур) is a 1926 Soviet silent Red Western directed by Boris Mikhin.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Isaak Makhlis.

Synopsis

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The picture is set in the mid 19th century. Highlander Zaur-Bek is accused of murdering a Russian officer "outside the law" and becomes an abrek. His house is burned, father and sister arrested. But abrek Zaur remains elusive. To force him to surrender the tsarist authorities decide to burn Zaur's native village fields.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Christie & Taylor, p. 427.
  2. ^ Bryher (1922). Film Problems Of Soviet Russia. Riant Chateau TERRITET Switzerland. pp. 108–109.

Bibliography

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  • Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896–1939. Routledge, 2012.
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