Cruelty
92 mins
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.
Margarita Zhigunova
Юлька Мальцева, медсестра
Alexei Korotyukov
сотрудник угрозыска
Iosif Kolin
доктор Гинзбург
Борис Шухмин
мужик в деревне
Alexander Aleshin
эпизод
Zoia Rusina
дама в ресторане (нет в титрах)
Vitaly Kiselev
эпизод (нет в титрах)
Елена Куракова
эпизод (нет в титрах)
Vladimir Skuybin
Director
Pavel Nilin
Story
Pavel Nilin
Screenplay
Valentin Maslov
Production Manager
Lidiya Lysenkova
Editor
Timofei Lebeshev
Director of Photography