Sniper (1931 film)

Sniper (Russian: Снайпер) is a 1931 Soviet war drama film directed and written by Semyon Timoshenko.^[1][2][3]

Sniper
Russian: Снайпер
Directed by	Semyon Timoshenko
Written by	Semyon Timoshenko
Starring	Boris Shlikhting Pyotr Sobolevsky Vladimir Gardin Emil Gal
Cinematography	V. Donashevsky
Release date	1931 (1931)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film begins during the First World War. A former metallurgist goes to France as part of the Russian Expeditionary Force and there he kills a German sniper. Examining the documents of the sniper, he learns that the dead man also worked at a metallurgical plant, as a result of which he comes to the idea of the need for solidarity between the workers. After the war, returning to his homeland - to Russia, where he is employed by a brigade leader at the depot at the railway border station. Suddenly a group of bandits attacked the station. Defending himself and the station, the protagonist destroys the leader of the gang, who turns out to be his former commander.

Cast

• Boris Shlikhting as The Captain
• Pyotr Sobolevsky as The Soldier
• Pyotr Kirillov as German Sniper
• Vladimir Gardin as Colonel
• Emil Gal as French officer
• Pyotr Pirogov as Worker
• Leonid Kmit as Worker Viktor^[4]