Drama History
About the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1925. The film covers the most important episodes of his biography. In July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, the German ambassador Mirbach was killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky alone goes to the headquarters of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Anarchists, he manages to persuade ordinary soldiers and sailors, participants in the rebellion, who are now cracking down on their leaders. In 1921, Dzerzhinsky was aimed at combating homelessness, as a result of which, by 1925, former homeless children, having completed their studies, were sent to the construction of Yugostal, the largest industrial plant in Ukraine.
Directed by
Mikhail Kalatozov
Written by
Nikolay Pogodin
Ivan Lyubeznov
Lemekh
Yevgeni Morgunov
anarchist
Nikolai Gritsenko
Schröder
Stanislav Chekan
anarchist (uncredited)
Emmanuil Geller
anarchist (uncredited)
Alla Larionova
Vera
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Oleg Zhakov
Pyatakov
Aleksandr Timontayev
sailor (uncredited)
Leonid Pirogov
leader of the anarchists
Georgiy Yumatov
Balandin
Andrei Popov
Lockhart
Viktor Avdyushko
Kovalyov
Sergei Romodanov
Medvedev
Igor Bezyaev
Vinogradov
Sergei Lukyanov
Nikanor
Pavel Tarasov
Kamkov
Vladimir Solovyov
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Klara Luchko
Dagmara
Aleksandr Degtyar
Klimov
Arkadi Tolbuzin
Yegorych (uncredited)
Vladimir Boriskin
Lunatik
Anatoliy Dudorov
chekist
Aleksandr Khokhlov
Francis
Pyotr Kiryutkin
soldier (uncredited)
Leonid Lyubashevsky
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov
Antoni Khodursky
Kolomatyano
Mikhail Kondratyev
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Pyotr Mukhin
mine manager
Grigori Kirillov
Pashkov
Grigori Merlinskiy
Zinovyev (uncredited)

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