Hostile whirlwind

Movie
German title	Hostile whirlwind
Original title	Вихри враждебные / ; Wichri wraschdebnyje
Country of production	Soviet Union
original language	Russian
Publishing year	1953
length	125 minutes
Rod
Director	Mikhail Kalatosov
script	Nikolai Pogodin
production	Mosfilm
music	Dmitri Kabalevsky
camera	Mark Magidson
occupation
	Mikhail Kondratiev : Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ; Vladimir Jemelyanov : Felix Dzerzhinsky ; Micheil Gelowani : Josef Stalin ; Leonid Lyubaschewski : Sverdlov ; Vladimir Solovyov : Kalinin ; Sergei Romodanov : Medvedev; Ivan Ljubesnow : Lemech; Alla Larionova : Vera; Viktor Avdyushko : Kovalev; Georgi Jumatow : Baladin; Vladimir Boriskin : Lunatik; Igor Besyayev : Vinogradov; Andrei Popow : Loockard; Nikolai Grizenko : Schröder; Grigory Kirillov : Pashkov; Oleg Shakov : Pyatakov; Alexander Timontayev : Sailor;

Enemy whirlwind ( Russian original title: Wichri wraschdebnyje ) is a Soviet feature film from 1953, which was remounted in 1956 as part of the de-Stalinization . He portrays the role of the Cheka founder Felix Dzerzhinsky during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921. All scenes in which Micheil Gelowani appeared as Josef Stalin are missing in the new version . The title refers to the Russian war song of Polish origin Warschavjanka .

action

Summer 1918. The leader of the Cheka, Feliks Dzierżyński conducts an operation against the coup of Socialist Revolutionaries , the foreign forces such as the United Kingdom , the United States , which Turkey and Japan is supported. The German agent Schröder played a key role in the coup. The Cheka succeeds in preventing the coup.

Spring 1921, the civil war is over. As head of the Supreme Economic Council, Dzierżyński rebuilds the country's industry and transport. He also takes care of neglected young people. His colleague Vera is shot from behind on the street by a counterrevolutionary on their wedding day .

publication

Enemy Whirlwind was shown for the first time in the GDR on October 18, 1957, and ran for the first time on February 21, 1958 in the DFF . A new broadcast in the original Russian sound with German subtitles took place on December 14, 1978 in the 2nd program of GDR television .

synchronization

role	actor	Voice actor
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin	Mikhail Kondratiev	Fred Mahr
Feliks Dzierżyński	Vladimir Emelyanov	Johannes Siegert
Medvedev	Sergei Romodanov	Paul R. Executioner
Lemech	Ivan Ljubesnow	Erich Franz
Vera	Alla Larionova	Marianne Wünscher
Kovalev	Viktor Avdyushko	Otto Mellies
Baladin	Georgy Jumatov	Hans-Joachim Martens
Lunatic	Vladimir Boriskin	Peter Graeger
Vinogradov	Igor Besyaev	Ekkehard Schall
Loockard	Andrei Popov	Peter Dornseif
Schröder	Nikolai Gritsenko	Wolf Kaiser
Pashkov	Grigory Kirillov	Hans Wehrl
Pyatakov	Oleg Shakov	Hans Ulrich

literature

Heinz Hofmann: Hostile Whirlwind , Progress Film Program No. 105/57.
Hostile whirlwind . In: Filmobibliografischer Jahresbericht 1978 , Berlin 1981, p. 228.

Web links

Hostile whirlwind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Three-minute film clip on youtube.com
The portal for cinema and film culture. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .