Hostile Whirlwinds (1956)
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.
Director: Mikheil Kalatozishvili
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Mikhail Kondratyev as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin |
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Vladimir Yemelyanov as Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky |
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Leonid Lyubashevsky as Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov |
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Vladimir Solovyov as Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin |
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Ivan Lyubeznov as Lemekh |
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Alla Larionova as Vera |
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Viktor Avdyushko as Kovalyov |
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Georgiy Yumatov as Balandin |
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Vladimir Boriskin as Lunatik |
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Igor Bezyaev as Vinogradov |
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Sergei Lukyanov as Nikanor |
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Sergei Romodanov as Medvedev |
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Pyotr Mukhin as mine manager |
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Andrei Popov as Lockhart |
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Nikolai Gritsenko as Schröder |
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Aleksandr Khokhlov as Francis |
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Grigori Kirillov as Pashkov |
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Oleg Zhakov as Pyatakov |
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Antoni Khodursky as Kolomatyano |
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Aleksandr Degtyar as Klimov |
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Klara Luchko as Dagmara |
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Pavel Tarasov as Kamkov |
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Leonid Pirogov as leader of the anarchists |
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Yevgeni Morgunov as anarchist |
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Anatoliy Dudorov as chekist |
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Emmanuil Geller as anarchist (uncredited) |
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Arkadi Tolbuzin as Yegorych (uncredited) |
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Pyotr Kiryutkin as soldier (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Timontayev as sailor (uncredited) |
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Stanislav Chekan as anarchist (uncredited) |
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Grigori Merlinskiy as Zinovyev (uncredited) |
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Vyacheslav Novikov as |
| Directing | Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Director |
| Art | Mikhail Bogdanov | Production Design |
| Camera | Mark Magidson | Director of Photography |
| Art | Leonid Soyfertis | Production Design |
| Camera | Leonid Kraynenkov | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Nikolay Pogodin | Writer |
| Editing | Mariya Timofeyeva | Editor |
| Sound | Dmitri Kabalevsky | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Sergey Voronkov | Production Design |
| Art | Gennady Myasnikov | Production Design |
| Directing | Nikolay Dostal | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Leshchyov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Maria Zarzhitskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | G. Balandina | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Pyotr Malanichev | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Zvonaryov | VFX Artist |
| Sound | Semyon Sakharov | Conductor |
| Production | Viktor Tsirgiladze | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Aleksey Surkov | Lyricist |
| Writing | Grigoriy Mariamov | Script Editor |