

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.
Director
Grigori Nikulin
Writers
Yulian Semyonov
Release Date
May 18, 1982
Runtime
4h 36m
Status
Released
Original Language
ru
Vote Count
6

