Chekist

– Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 29 Minutes
Release Year:
1992
Original Name:
Чекист
Chekist (1992) - Also known as Чекист

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, Jews, clergy, 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.

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Language:

Russian, French

Director:

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Writer:

Jacques Baynac, André Milbet

Main Actors:

Igor Sergeev, Aleksey Poluyan, Mikhail Vasserbaum, Sergei Isavnin

Plot:

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, Jews, clergy, 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.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10