Chekist 1992

Filmed in 1992, Chekist is a film about a Chekist komizar named Comrade Srubov. He is the leader of his Cheka unit during the early stages of the Russian Civil war. As a chekist his role it to execute enemies of the Marxist revolution, which includes former whites, aristocrats or any one for any reason to be perceived as a counter revolutionary. The film depicts the crude and brutal actions of the cheka, executing countless people with out trial or procedure by shooting them in the back of the head. As the film goes on, Srudlov begins to loose his sanity, one of the his chekists even attempts to kill himself. This goes on till he snaps and faces the consequences of his actions.