Cruelty
1959, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Skuybin.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Vladimir SkuybinDirector
- Georgiy YumatovВенька Малышев
- Nikolay KryuchkovЕфрем Ефремович, начальник УГРо
- Boris AndreyevЛазарь Евтифьевич Баукин
- Aleksandr SusninСанька, сотрудник УГРо (от имени которого ведется повествование)
- Vladimir AndreyevЯков Узелков, корреспондент
- Klavdiya KhabarovaКланька Звягина, любовница Воронцова
- Apollon YachnitskiyКонстантин Иванович Воронцов, главарь банды
- Margarita ZhigunovaЮлька Мальцева, медсестра
- Nikolay Pogodinсотрудник угрозыска
- Vyacheslav Bogachyovсотрудник угрозыска
- Alexei Korotyukovсотрудник угрозыска
- Iosif Kolinдоктор Гинзбург
Details
- Released
- 6 August 1959
- Original title
- Жестокость
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Pavel Nilin
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Cruelty runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Who directed Cruelty?
Cruelty (1959) was directed by Vladimir Skuybin and stars Georgiy Yumatov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Boris Andreyev.