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Feature film — 1982

December 20th (1982)

5.44h 36mHistory — Drama — TV Movie

Set in December of 1917 after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Lenin and the communists are making every effort to strengthen their power. Lenin appoints Felix Dzerzhinsky the Commissar for Internal Affairs and the head of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (CheKa). It became the predecessor of GPU and KGB.

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Lenfilm / Gosteleradio USSR

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Director: Grigori Nikulin

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Cast & crew

Kirill Lavrov as Lenin

Kirill Lavrov

Lenin

Mikhail Kozakov as Dzerzhinsky

Mikhail Kozakov

Dzerzhinsky

Andrei Tolubeyev as Latsis

Andrei Tolubeyev

Latsis

Emmanuil Vitorgan as Lazarev

Emmanuil Vitorgan

Lazarev

Anatoliy Rudakov as Gus

Anatoliy Rudakov

Gus

Oleg Palmov as Горошин сообщник

Oleg Palmov

Горошин сообщник

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Sergey Pizhel

Igor Komarov as

Igor Komarov

Lev Zhukov as

Lev Zhukov

Aleksandr Parra as

Aleksandr Parra

Aleksandr Aleksandrov as Pyotr

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Pyotr

Nadezhda Mikhaylova as Земфира

Nadezhda Mikhaylova

Земфира

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