Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Kirill Lavrov
Lenin
Lead
Mikhail Kozakov
Dzerzhinsky
Andrei Tolubeyev
Latsis
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Lazarev
Anatoliy Rudakov
Gus
Oleg Palmov
Горошин сообщник
SP
Sergey Pizhel
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Igor Komarov
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What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Grigori Nikulin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. December 20th is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
