Cheka Employee (1964)
Based on the novel of the same name by Aleksandr Lukin and Dmitriy Polyanovskiy. Russia, 1919. A young soldier of the First Cavalry Army, Aleksei Mikhalyov, is sent to work in the provincial Cheka. Here in the south of the country there is a large White Guard underground led by the elusive Markov. Aleksei gets into the gang, where he is mistaken for his own. The day of the operation to eliminate the white underground is appointed. But unforeseen circumstances destroy the plans of the Chekists.
Director: Boris Volchek
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Aleksandr Demyanenko as Mikhalyov |
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Evgeniy Evstigneev as Markov |
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Vladimir Kenigson as Berzin |
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Valentina Malyavina as Korolyova |
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Oleg Efremov as Illarionov |
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Vladimir Zamanskiy as Smagin |
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Svetlana Danilchenko as Fedosova |
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Dmitriy Masanov as Burkashin |
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Leonid Parkhomenko as Seva |
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Valeri Mukharyamov as Pantyushka |
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Irina Skobtseva as Tverskaya |
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Aleksandr Beniaminov as Feltser |
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Viktor Geraskin as bandit |
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Ivan Zhevago as cook |
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Valeriy Zalivin as telegraphist |
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Vadim Zakharchenko as drunk red army cavalryman |
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Leonid Knyazev as soldier on the steamship |
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Yevgeni Kryuchkov as red army soldier |
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Yakov Lents as doctor in the hospital |
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Viktor Pavlov as red-headed wounded guy |
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Vladlen Paulus as undercover worker |
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Konstantin Severnyy as red army commander |
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Viktor Sergachyov as Kuzma |
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Lev Stepanov as wounded in the hospital |
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Galina Volchek as wife of the arrested speculator |
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Viktor Yakovlev as priest |
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Viktor Kolpakov as innkeeper (uncredited) |
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Rolan Bykov as priest (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Mashchenko as white officer in the billiard room (uncredited) |
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Nikolai Barmin as bandit (uncredited) |
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Ivan Bondar as wounded sailor in hospital (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Lippart as wounded man (uncredited) |
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Nikolai Sibeykin as chekist (uncredited) |
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Aleksei Stroyev as gentleman in the billiard room (uncredited) |
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Vasiliy Tsygankov as chekist (uncredited) |
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Oleg Shtoda as wounded man (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Grudnev as wounded man (uncredited) |
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Yuri Voronkov as bandit (uncredited) |
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Pyotr Kononykhin as wounded man in hospital (uncredited) |
| Directing | Boris Volchek | Director |
| Writing | Dmitri Polyanovsky | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Lukin | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Lukin | Novel |
| Writing | Dmitri Polyanovsky | Novel |
| Writing | Boris Volchek | Writer |
| Art | Abram Freydin | Production Design |
| Sound | Eduard Lazarev | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Orest Alikin | Production Design |
| Editing | Mariya Timofeyeva | Editor |
| Camera | Vladimir Minaev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Evgeniy Fyodorov | Sound |
| Directing | N. Arkhangelskiy | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariya Zhukova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | N. Minayeva | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | A. Grigoryev | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Boris Travkin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Albert Rudachenko | VFX Supervisor |
| Writing | Lyudmila Tsitsina | Script Editor |
| Production | Georgiy Pastushkov | Executive Producer |