December 20th (20 декабря) 42 years old

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.

Credits

Mikhail Kozakov as Dzerzhinsky

Kirill Lavrov as Lenin

Emmanuil Vitorgan as Lazarev

Andrei Tolubeyev as Latsis

December 20th Cast

Name	Character
Mikhail Kozakov He was 47, 76 years old when he died	as Dzerzhinsky
Kirill Lavrov He was 56, 81 years old when he died	as Lenin
Emmanuil Vitorgan He was 42, now 84 years old	as Lazarev
Andrei Tolubeyev He was 37, 63 years old when he died	as Latsis

December 20th Crew

Name	Department
Yulian Semyonov as Writer. He was 50 (61) years old when He died	Writing
Yulian Semyonov as Novel. He was 50 (61) years old when He died	Writing

December 20th (42 years)

Release day: Tuesday, May 18, 1982
Runtime: 276 minutes