26 Commissioners

Feb 19, 1933

1h 49m

★ 3.2

Overview

Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.

Genres

Drama

War

History

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Soyuzkino

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Cast

Stepan Shaumyan

Kazim Hasanov

commissar

Heiri Emirzade

bolshevik

Alekper Melikov

Petka

Ivan Klyukvin

Vaska - sailor

Vasiliy Kovrigin

russian worker

Nikolay Kulikov

azerbaijani worker

Ala-Verdy Melikov

worker's wife

Veriko Anjaparidze

bolshevik from the front

Petre Morskoi

leader of the socialist revolutionary party

Ihor Savchenko

leader of dashnaks

Kote Andronikashvili

man with mauser

Mikhail Abesadze

March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and Sweden to Sint-Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir J. Lenin. Two senior officers support the revolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Yet there are some unpleasant clashes between Socialists and enthusiastic workers who are worried about the war. During train travel there comes an end to Lenin's affair with the gracious Inessa, and his wife Nadja is prepared take back him. The triumphant entrance in St. Petersburg will exceed all expectations....

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