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The Chekist ()

Chekist (original title)
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Based on a 1923 short story by Vladimir Zazubrin, this movie tells the story of a bloody work and downfall of a Soviet Cheka security official involved in executions during the Russian Civil War.

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Igor Sergeev ...
Andrey Srubov
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Pepel
Mikhail Vasserbaum ...
Isaac Katz
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Khudonogov
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Solomin
Aleksandr Medvedev ...
Mudynya
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Boje
Igor Golovin ...
The Commandant
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The Sweeper
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Viktor Khozyainov ...
(as V. Khozyajnov)
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Doctor
Margarita Zhuravlyova
Tatyana Zhuravlyova

Directed by

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Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Written by

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Jacques Baynac ... ()
 
André Milbet ... ()
 
Vladimir Zazubrin ... (short story 'Shtepka') (as V. Zazubrin)

Music by

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Dmitri Pavlov

Cinematography by

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Valeri Myulgaut

Editing by

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Tamara Denisova

Production Design by

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Grigori Obraztsov

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Plot Summary

Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Christians, anti-Comunists, and their families. In the building basement, five people at a time are shot as they stand naked facing wooden doors. No one to remember their last words; no martyrs, just anonymous bodies. Daily, the kangaroo court, the executions, the loading of bodies onto wagons. Srubov is cold, distant, sexually dysfunctional, and a deep thinker, hated by former friends and his family. As he tries to reason the nature of revolution and the purpose of CHEKA, he slowly goes mad. Written by

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Also Known As
  • Чекист (Russia)
  • The Chekist (World-wide, English title)
  • The Chekist (United States)
  • The Chekist (United Kingdom)
  • Czekista (Poland)
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  • 89 min
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