THE CHEKIST

Based on a 1923 short story by Vladimir Zazubrin, this movie tells the story of a bloody work and downfall of a Soviet Cheka security official involved in executions during the Russian Civil War.
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, Christians, anti-Comunists, 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. FROM IMDb
Director
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Writers
Jacques BaynacAndré MilbetVladimir Zazubrin
Stars
Igor SergeevAleksey PoluyanMikhail Vasserbau

Details:
Release date
November 8, 1994 (Russia)

Countries of origin
RussiaFrance

Languages, RussianFrench

Also known as :
Чекист

Production companies:
Sodaperaga ProductionsStudio Troitskij

Runtime
1 hour 33 minutes