Film

Hostile Whirlwinds

1956 · 97 min · ★ 5.8 · Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov

About the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1925. The film covers the most important episodes of his biography. In July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, the German ambassador Mirbach was 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. In 1921, Dzerzhinsky was aimed at combating homelessness, as a result of which, by 1925, former homeless children, having completed their studies, were sent to the construction of Yugostal, the largest industrial plant in Ukraine.

Starring

Mikhail Kondratyev
Mikhail Kondratyev
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Leonid Lyubashevsky
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov
Vladimir Solovyov
Vladimir Solovyov
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Ivan Lyubeznov
Lemekh
Alla Larionova
Alla Larionova
Vera
Viktor Avdyushko
Viktor Avdyushko
Kovalyov
Georgiy Yumatov
Georgiy Yumatov
Balandin
Vladimir Boriskin
Vladimir Boriskin
Lunatik
Igor Bezyaev
Igor Bezyaev
Vinogradov
Sergei Lukyanov
Sergei Lukyanov
Nikanor
Sergei Romodanov
Sergei Romodanov
Medvedev
Pyotr Mukhin
mine manager
Andrei Popov
Andrei Popov
Lockhart
Mykola Hrytsenko
Mykola Hrytsenko
Schröder
Aleksandr Khokhlov
Aleksandr Khokhlov
Francis
Grigori Kirillov
Pashkov
Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
Pyatakov