''Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko'' (The Cheka Commissar Miroshchenko) is an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n feature film made in 1925 directed by Paul Sehnert.
was the set designer.
In 2012, the film was digitized.
Plot
In
Soviet Russia
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...
of the 1920s, the girl Agnes, her mother, Agnes's childhood friend the engineer Karl Raudsepp, and his fiancée Erna are among other Estonians waiting for permission to relocate to Estonia. Love, however, does not ask about people's plans, miserable lives, or the general atmosphere of violence. The mutual feelings between Karl and Agnes make Erna so jealous that she sends a false complaint against Agnes to the
Cheka
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə, links=yes), ...
. Commissar Miroshchenko and the secret agent Hewelyn are attracted by the beauty of Agnes, who has fallen into the hands of the Cheka. Each man decides that the girl must become his.
Cast
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Mihkel Lepper as Miroshchenko, a commissar in Soviet Russia
*Valentine Vassiljeva as Agnes Tõnisson, an interned Estonian
*Niina Ormus as Marie Tõnisson, Agnes's mother
*
Kaljo Raag
Kaljo-Feliks Raag (3 June 1892 – 10 April 1967) was an Estonian heavyweight weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 1922 World Championships and placed seventh at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the national heavyweight title in 1925 and 19 ...
as Karl Raudsepp, an interned Estonian
*Leoniide Jürisson as Erna Tammik, Raudsepp's fiancée
*Alfred Hindrea as Hewelyn, a secret agent
*Leonid Puhov as the guardsman Vaska
*
Ella Silber as Zinaida Pavlovna, Miroshchenko's lover
*
Eduard Pütsep as Chilikov
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0212569
''Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko''at the
Estonian Film Database
The Estonian Film Database (, abbreviated EFIS) is an electronic film database launched online in 2012.
Its purpose is to thoroughly describe Estonian film heritage, to collect film information about Estonian films, their producers, content, th ...
1925 films
Estonian black-and-white films
Estonian silent films