
December 20th
Set in December of 1917 after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Lenin and the communists are making every effort to strengthen their power. Lenin appoints Felix Dzerzhinsky the Commissar for Internal Affairs and the head of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (CheKa). It became the predecessor of GPU and KGB.
Top Billed Cast

Kirill Lavrov
Lenin

Mikhail Kozakov
Dzerzhinsky

Andrei Tolubeyev
Latsis

Emmanuil Vitorgan
Lazarev

Anatoliy Rudakov
Gus
Featured Crew

Viktor Lebedev
Original Music Composer
Grigori Nikulin
Director

Yulian Semyonov
Novel

Yulian Semyonov
Writer