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Hostile Whirlwinds
Genres
DramaHistory
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
1956-02-19
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
4.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Mikhail Kondratyev
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Leonid Lyubashevsky
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov
Vladimir Solovyov
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Ivan Lyubeznov
Lemekh
Alla Larionova
Vera
Viktor Avdyushko
Kovalyov
Georgiy Yumatov
Balandin
Vladimir Boriskin
Lunatik
Igor Bezyaev
Vinogradov
Sergei Lukyanov
Nikanor
Sergei Romodanov
Medvedev
Pyotr Mukhin
mine manager
Andrei Popov
Lockhart
Nikolai Gritsenko
Schröder
Aleksandr Khokhlov
Francis
Grigori Kirillov
Pashkov
Oleg Zhakov
Pyatakov
Antoni Khodursky
Kolomatyano
Aleksandr Degtyar
Klimov
Klara Luchko
Dagmara
Pavel Tarasov
Kamkov
Leonid Pirogov
leader of the anarchists
Yevgeni Morgunov
anarchist
Anatoliy Dudorov
chekist
Emmanuil Geller
anarchist (uncredited)
Arkadi Tolbuzin
Yegorych (uncredited)
Pyotr Kiryutkin
soldier (uncredited)
Aleksandr Timontayev
sailor (uncredited)
Stanislav Chekan
anarchist (uncredited)
Grigori Merlinskiy
Zinovyev (uncredited)
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