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Chekist

The face of death

★ 5.2 (22 votes) | 1992 | 1h 31m
Drama
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date September 15, 1992
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Sodaperaga Productions, Studio Troitskij Most

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