Cruelty

Overview

A criminal drama based on the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 6, 1959

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Pyotr Timofeyev,Nikolay Kryuchkov,Nikolay Smorchkov,Viktor Lazarev,Konstantin Nemolyayev,Zoia Rusina,Boris Shukhmin,Alexander Aleshin,Vyacheslav Bogachyov,Iosif Kolinand 23 more

Director

Vladimir Skuybin

Writer

Pavel Nilin,Valeriy Karen

Producer

Valentin Maslov

Cinematography

Timofei Lebeshev

Music

Mikhail Meerovich

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0053467