The Seventh Companion (Russian Седьмой спутник, translit       Sedmoy Sputnik) is a 1967 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      　　The film is based on a novel by Boris Lavrenyov