The Thirteen

The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.

Ivan Novoseltsev

Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov (as I. Novoseltsev)

Yelena Kuzmina

Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova (as E. Kuzmina)

Aleksey Dolinin

Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin (as A. Dolinin)

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist (as A. Chistyakov)

Andrey Fayt

Colonel Skuratov (as A. Fayt)

Ivan Kuznetsov

Soldier Yusuf Akchurin (as I. Kuznetsov)

Pyotr Masokha

Soldier Petr Sviridenko (as P. Masokha)

Pavel Yudin

Soldier Petrov (as P. Yudin)

Dmitriy Zolts

Soldier Dmitriy Levkoev (as D. Zolts)

Viktor Kulakov

Soldier Balandin (as V. Kulakov)

Stepan Krylov

Soldier Zhurba (as S. Krylov)

Aleksandr Kepinov

Soldier Muradov (as A. Kepinov)

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Soldier Nikolai Gusiev (as N. Kryuchkov)

Agharza Guliyev

Soldier Kuliev (as A. Kuliev)