December 20th
movie

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
Lenfilm
Russia
Gosteleradio USSR
Russia