Is Chekist easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 99% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Chekist end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 99% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes, very. More sad than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes, very. More violent than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Chekist

Name: Chekist
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Igor Sergeev, Aleksey Poluyan, Mikhail Vasserbaum, Sergei Isavnin, Vasiliy Domrachyov

The face of death

Directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Produced by Sodaperaga Productions, Studio Troitskij Most

199291 min5.2 / 10

A harrowing psychological descent into the machinery of state terror, where a secret police executioner confronts the moral abyss of revolutionary violence and loses his grip on sanity.

Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Jews, clergy, and their families. In the building basement, five people at a time are shot as they stand naked facing wooden doors. No one to remember their last words; no martyrs, just anonymous bodies. Daily, the kangaroo court, the executions, the loading of bodies onto wagons. Srubov is cold, distant, sexually dysfunctional, and a deep thinker, hated by former friends and his family. As he tries to reason the nature of revolution and the purpose of CHEKA, he slowly goes mad.

Clusters

Realistic Films About Cruelty Depression and Complicity Government Oppression Dramas Hidden Rooms In Houses Spy & Conspiracy Thrillers

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Revolution Basement Bolshevik Secret Police

Questions people ask

Is Chekist easy watching? No. Less comforting than 99% of films.
Does Chekist end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.
Is Chekist sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.
Is Chekist violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of films.
Is Chekist scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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