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Cover by V. Surian. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. (illustrator). First edition. Oblong. Cover by V. Surian. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. First edition. Oblong. In publisher's photo illustrated wrappers, printed in orange and black. 8 p. Soviet film prospectus with avant-garde, photomontage cover. Script by I. Bei-Abai, directed by Boris Mikhin, starred by Vladimir Bestaev and Alexander Takaishvili. Abrek Zaur is a Soviet-Russian version of the Robin Hood, set in the late nineteenth century. Zaur, the mountaineer kills a Russian officer, an "imperialist" and the authorities burn his house and arrest his father and wife but can not catch him. He becomes and outcast, an "abrek" and joins to an anti-Russian gang in the Caucasus. He never steals from the poor people only from the "imperialists" and always outwits the Russians. . Folded, slightly worn. Paper yellowed. Overall in very good condition. In publisher's photo illustrated wrappers, printed in orange and black.