Chekist (Чекист) 32 years old

The face of death

Chekist

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, Jews, clergy, 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.

Credits

Chekist Cast

Name Character
Aleksey Poluyan He was 27, 44 years old when he died
Igor Sergeev He was 0, now 31 years old
Ivan Shvedoff He was 22, now 55 years old
Nina Usatova She was 40, now 73 years old
Aleksandr Kharashkevich
Aleksandr Medvedev
Sergey Zamorev He was 47, now 79 years old as family doctor

Chekist Crew

Name Department
Aleksandr Rogozhkin as Director. He was 42 (now 75) years old Directing
Chekist poster
Chekist (32 years)

The face of death

  • Release day: Tuesday, September 15, 1992
  • Runtime: 91 minutes