Duel (1957 film)

Duel (Russian: Поединок, romanized: Poedinok) is a 1957 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Vladimir Petrov.^[1][2]

Duel
Russian: Поединок
Directed by	Vladimir Petrov
Written by	Aleksandr Kuprin Vladimir Petrov
Starring	Nikolai Komissarov Andrei Popov Yuri Puzyryov Mikhail Nazvanov Irina Skobtseva
Cinematography	Grigoriy Ayzenberg Arkadi Koltsaty
Edited by	Zoya Veryovkina
Music by	Aram Khachaturian
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	December 2, 1957 (1957-12-02)
Running time	104 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film takes place in 1896 in a small town. The regiment gets drunk and second lieutenant Romashov falls in love with the captain's spouse as a result of which the men quarrel.^[3]

Cast

• Nikolai Komissarov as Lieutenant Shulgovich^[4]
• Andrei Popov as Vasily Nazansky
• Yuri Puzyryov as Georgy Romashov
• Mikhail Nazvanov as Vladimir Nikolayev
• Irina Skobtseva as Aleksandra Nikolayeva
• Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Raisa Peterson
• Sergei Blinnikov as Lekh
• Nikolay Bogolyubov as Osadchiy
• Vladimir Belokurov as Dits
• Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Captain Peterson^[5][6]
• Aleksandr Gumburg as Sliva
• Noy Avaliani as Bek-Agamalov
• Pavel Pavlenko as Captain Svetlovidov
• Leonid Parkhomenko as Pavel Vetkin
• Aleksandr Lebedev as Khlebnikov
• Radner Muratov as Gaynan
• Lev Perfilov as Lobov

See also

• The Duel, 1910 film