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Cruelty (1959)

Original title: Жестокость

1959-08-06 · 1h 32m · RU
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A criminal drama based on the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.

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Vladimir SkuybinDirector

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Georgiy YumatovGeorgiy YumatovNikolay KryuchkovNikolay KryuchkovAleksandr SusninAleksandr SusninVladimir AndreyevVladimir AndreyevKlavdiya KhabarovaKlavdiya KhabarovaApollon YachnitskiyApollon YachnitskiyMargarita ZhigunovaMargarita ZhigunovaIvan RyzhovIvan Ryzhovэпизод (нет в титрах)Boris AndreyevBoris Andreyev

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Genre affinityDrama · CrimeDialogue densityDramaDirector preference1087386Actor preference363192 · 356150 · 355014Country preferenceSuDecade preference1950

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What is Cruelty about?

A criminal drama based on the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.

How long is Cruelty?

Cruelty has a runtime of 92 minutes.