Gang of Batka Knysh (1924)
Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.
- Released
- 1924-05-29
- Genres
- Crime
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Aleksandr Razumnyj
- TMDB rating
- 4.8/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Pyotr Leontyev as Chekist Stalnoy / Knysh
- Aleksandr Khachaturyants as Red commander
- Boris Shlikhting as Petrov
- Vladimir Kriger as White commander
- T. Kotelnikova as Katya Govorkova
- Ivan Arkadin as Katya's father
- Olga Narbekova as Mother
- F. Osipov as Ugor
- Antonin Pankryshev as Kozyrev
- Andrei Gorchilin as Knysh's negotiator
- Nikolai Okhlopkov as Violinist
- Alexandr Gromov as Chairman