December 20th (1982)

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.

Released

1982-05-18

Genres

History, Drama, TV Movie

Runtime

276 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Grigori Nikulin

TMDB rating

5.4/10 from 7 votes