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Chekist

5.3/10
TMDB25 votes
Original: 91 min

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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About Chekist

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Chekist (1992) is a film in the drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Igor Sergeev, Aleksey Poluyan, Mikhail Vasserbaum, Sergei Isavnin.

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Original language
Runtime
91 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
France, Russia
Production companies
Sodaperaga Productions, Studio Troitskij Most
Writers
Jacques Baynac, André Milbet, Vladimir Zazubrin

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What is Chekist about?

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.

Who stars in Chekist?

Igor Sergeev, Aleksey Poluyan, Mikhail Vasserbaum, Sergei Isavnin, Vasiliy Domrachyov, Aleksandr Medvedev. See the cast cards above for character names.

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