A Pistol Shot (1966 film)

A Pistol Shot
Russian: Выстрел
Directed by	Naum Trakhtenberg
Written by	Alexander Pushkin Nikolai Kovarsky
Starring	Mikhail Kozakov Yury Yakovlev Ariadna Shengelaia Oleg Tabakov as Belkin Valeri Babyatinsky Vladlen Davydov
Cinematography	Semyon Sheynin
Edited by	L. Strazheva
Music by	Karen Khachaturyan
Release date	1966 (1966)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

A Pistol Shot (Russian: Выстрел) is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Naum Trakhtenberg.^[1][2] The film is an adaptation of Alexandr Pushkin's short story The Shot (Pushkin), published in 1831.

Plot

The film tells about an officer named Silvio, who decides to challenge the count to a duel as a result of a slap in the face. Suddenly he leaves and returns only many years later on the eve of the count’s wedding.^[3]

Cast

• Mikhail Kozakov as Silvio
• Yury Yakovlev
• Ariadna Shengelaya^[4]
• Oleg Tabakov as Belkin
• Valeri Babyatinsky as Enseigne (as V. Baryatinsky)
• Vladlen Davydov as Colonel
• Boris Novikov as Kuzka
• Lev Polyakov^[5]

References

1. Советский фильм «Выстрел» покажут в кинотеатре «Искра» на севере столицы
2. В Пушкинский день в Москве покажут лучшие экранизации произведений поэта
3. Выстрел
4. Ариадна Всеволодовна Шенгелая. Биографическая справка
5. Выстрел (1967) Full Cast & Crew

External links

• A Pistol Shot at IMDb