A Pistol Shot (1966 film)

A Pistol Shot
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;
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]