p 　　The Seventh Companion Russian: Седьмой спутник, translit Sedmoy Sputnik is a 一九六七 black-and-white Soviet film set in St Petersburg in the years following the Russian Revolution its title is commonly translated as The Seventh Companion The film marked the directorial debut of Russian director Aleksei German, who co-directed it with Grigori Aronov br 　　The film is based on a novel by Boris Lavrenyov p