Gang of Batka Knysh (1924)

4.8/10 66 min Crime

Overview

Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.

Cast

Pyotr Leontyev

Chekist Stalnoy / Knysh

Boris Shlikhting

Petrov

Vladimir Kriger

White commander

Ivan Arkadin

Katya's father

Olga Narbekova

Mother

Antonin Pankryshev

Kozyrev

Nikolai Okhlopkov

Violinist

Alexandr Gromov

Chairman

Vsevolod Massino

Galina Kravchenko

Andrey Fayt

Officer

Yevgeni Chervyakov

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