Gang of Batka Knysh
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
Aleksandr Khachaturyants
Red commander
Boris Shlikhting
Petrov
Vladimir Kriger
White commander
T. Kotelnikova
Katya Govorkova
Ivan Arkadin
Katya's father
Olga Narbekova
Mother
F. Osipov
Ugor
Antonin Pankryshev
Kozyrev
Andrei Gorchilin
Knysh's negotiator
Nikolai Okhlopkov
Violinist
Alexandr Gromov
Chairman
