December 20th

movie

movie poster for December 20th

Released May 18, 1982

Overview

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.

Runtime

4h 36m


Origin Country

Russia


Original Language

Russian


Original Title

20 декабря


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Soviet Union

Spoken Languages

  • Pусский (Russian)

Production Companies

  • logo for Lenfilm

    Lenfilm

    Russia

  • logo for Gosteleradio USSR

    Gosteleradio USSR

    Russia

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