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Hostile Whirlwinds(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-02-19
56%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Overview:
Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is 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.
Languages: Russian.
Countries:
Soviet Union
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Movie: Hostile Whirlwinds
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mikhail Kondratyev
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Владимир Емельянов
Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Леонид Любашевский
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov
Владимир Соловьёв
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Иван Любезнов
Lemekh
Алла Ларионова
Vera
Виктор Авдюшко
Kovalyov
Георгий Юматов
Balandin
Владимир Борискин
Lunatik
Ігор Безяєв
Vinogradov
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Overview
Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is 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.
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1956-02-19
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