25 Dec 1932
26 Commissioners
Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.
Russia's Heart
Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.
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Владимир Татосов Sverdlov
Александр Гай Dzerzhinsky
Олег Табаков Usiyevich
Виктор Авдюшко 
Алексей Эйбоженко 
Игорь Кашинцев 
Афанасий Кочетков Viktor Korshunov
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