About the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1925. The film covers the most important episodes of his biography. In July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, the German ambassador Mirbach was killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky alone goes to the headquarters of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Anarchists, he manages to persuade ordinary soldiers and sailors, participants in the rebellion, who are now cracking down on their leaders. In 1921, Dzerzhinsky was aimed at combating homelessness, as a result of which, by 1925, former homeless children, having completed their studies, were sent to the construction of Yugostal, the largest industrial plant in Ukraine.
as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
as Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
as Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov
as Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
as Lemekh
as Vera
as Kovalyov
as Balandin
as Lunatik
as Vinogradov
as Nikanor
as Medvedev
as mine manager
as Lockhart
as Schröder
as Francis
as Pashkov
as Pyatakov
as Kolomatyano
as Klimov
as Dagmara
as Kamkov
as leader of the anarchists
as anarchist
as chekist
as anarchist (uncredited)
as Yegorych (uncredited)
as soldier (uncredited)
as sailor (uncredited)
as anarchist (uncredited)
as Zinovyev (uncredited)