TheSeventhBulletisaSovietOsternfilmof1972directedbyAliKhamraev.InthesametraditionasTheWhiteSunoftheDesertandTheBodyguard,TheSeventhBulletissetaftertheRussianCivilWarwhichendedinthe1920swhenSovietpowerestablisheditselfinCentralAsiainthewakeoftheBasmachirebellion.Despitethisslightshiftinemphasisandapost-warsetting,TheSeventhBulletisclosertoatypicalwarfilmthanotherRedWesternsbecauseofaprominenceoftacticalresourcefulnessinthedevelopmentoftheplot.AlthoughofcoursethisisastapleofmanyAmericanWesternsfromJohnFord'scavalryseriestothemanyApachewarfilms. DespitetherestorationofSovietpowerinthearea,Basmachiscontinuetoarrivefromacrosstheborder,bringingdeathanddestructiontopeacefulvillages.OneofthebandsofrebelsisledbyKhairullawhoispittedagainstthemilitsiya(localmilitia)leaderMaxumov.AtfirstitseemshopelessforMaxumovastherebelscapturemostofhismen,winningthemovertohisside.Hehasonlyonestrategyleft;togivehimselfup,andtrytoexplaintothepeoplethatKhairullahasdeceivedthem,turningthesoldiersbacktorevolution.Laterinpursuitofhisenemy,hechasesKhairullaacrossariver.Hehasonlyonebulletleft—theseventh,andhemustnotmisshistarget!
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