# The Forty First (1927)

I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. 1918, during the Russian Civil War: Central Asia. A detachment of soldiers of the Bolshevik Red faction are being pursued by the conservative White army. The best sniper of the Red detachment, Maryutka, is entrusted with guarding a captured White officer. When they are the only two left alive, how will she remain in control of this unruly prisoner? Considered a classic of Russian silent cinema, this picture was remade again in 1956. The download includes an English subtitle track.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1927
- By: Yakov Protazanov, Boris Lavrenyov
- Genres: Romance, War, Silent
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-forty-first-1928)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Made from: Сорок первый, Boris Lavrenyov's book of 1924: free in the United States, as it was first published in 1924, and its US term of 95 years has ended (17 U.S.C. §304(b), §305).
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/the-forty-first-1928?play=1)