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Hostile Whirlwinds
Hostile Whirlwinds

Hostile Whirlwinds

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

4.8/10

Release Date

19 February 1956

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Mikhail Kondratyev

Mikhail Kondratyev

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky

Leonid Lyubashevsky

Leonid Lyubashevsky

Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov

Vladimir Solovyov

Vladimir Solovyov

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin

Ivan Lyubeznov

Ivan Lyubeznov

Lemekh

Alla Larionova

Alla Larionova

Vera

Viktor Avdyushko

Viktor Avdyushko

Kovalyov

Georgiy Yumatov

Georgiy Yumatov

Balandin

Vladimir Boriskin

Vladimir Boriskin

Lunatik

Igor Bezyaev

Igor Bezyaev

Vinogradov

Sergei Lukyanov

Sergei Lukyanov

Nikanor

Sergei Romodanov

Sergei Romodanov

Medvedev

Pyotr Mukhin

Pyotr Mukhin

mine manager

Andrei Popov

Andrei Popov

Lockhart

Nikolai Gritsenko

Nikolai Gritsenko

Schröder

Aleksandr Khokhlov

Aleksandr Khokhlov

Francis

Grigori Kirillov

Grigori Kirillov

Pashkov

Oleg Zhakov

Oleg Zhakov

Pyatakov

Antoni Khodursky

Antoni Khodursky

Kolomatyano

Aleksandr Degtyar

Aleksandr Degtyar

Klimov

Klara Luchko

Klara Luchko

Dagmara

Pavel Tarasov

Pavel Tarasov

Kamkov

Leonid Pirogov

Leonid Pirogov

leader of the anarchists

Yevgeni Morgunov

Yevgeni Morgunov

anarchist

Anatoliy Dudorov

Anatoliy Dudorov

chekist

Emmanuil Geller

Emmanuil Geller

anarchist (uncredited)

Arkadi Tolbuzin

Arkadi Tolbuzin

Yegorych (uncredited)

Pyotr Kiryutkin

Pyotr Kiryutkin

soldier (uncredited)

Aleksandr Timontayev

Aleksandr Timontayev

sailor (uncredited)

Stanislav Chekan

Stanislav Chekan

anarchist (uncredited)

Grigori Merlinskiy

Grigori Merlinskiy

Zinovyev (uncredited)

Vyacheslav Novikov

Vyacheslav Novikov

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