The Chekist
1992 · Movie · 91 min. · Russia
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, 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. Written by <jhailey
Direction Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Cast Igor Sergeev · Aleksei Poluyan · Mikhail Vasserbaum · Sergei Isavnin · Vasiliy Domrachyov · Alexandre Medvedev · Aleksandr Kharashkevich · Igor Golovin · Nina Usatova
Soundtrack Dimitri Pavlov
Screenplay Jacques Baynac · André Milbet · Zazubrin
Cinematography Valeri Myulgaut
Original title Chekist
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42 votes (FilmAffinity)
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