Cruelty

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.

• Vladimir SkuybinDirector
• Pavel NilinScreenplay
• Mikhail MeerovichOriginal Music Composer

• 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