---
title: 'The Headless Horseman (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vladimir Vajnshtok'
released: '1973-07-23'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-headless-horseman-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202080/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Headless Horseman (1973)

1973 · 104 min · Western, Adventure, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Всадник без головы

## Synopsis

The Headless Horseman is a 1973 Soviet-Cuban Red Western film directed by Vladimir Vajnshtok based on the eponymous novel by Thomas Mayne Reid. The film was the first Soviet Western. It was a box office success, 51,7 million tickets were sold and the picture holds the 33rd place in terms of cinema attendance in the Soviet Union.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vladimir Vajnshtok](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-vajnshtok)
- **Screenplay:** [Vladimir Vajnshtok](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-vajnshtok), [Pavel Finn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-finn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nikita Bogoslovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-bogoslovsky)

## Cast

- [Vladimir Vajnshtok](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-vajnshtok)
- [Oleg Popov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-popov)
- [Ludmila Savelyeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludmila-savelyeva)
- [Oleg Vidov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-vidov)
- [Eslinda Núñez](https://cinepixo.com/people/eslinda-nunez)
- [Aarne Üksküla](https://cinepixo.com/people/aarne-ukskula)

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