Gang of Batka Knysh (1924)

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 (19)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Pyotr Leontyev

Chekist Stalnoy / Knysh

A

Aleksandr Khachaturyants

Red commander

Boris Shlikhting

Petrov

Vladimir Kriger

White commander

T

T. Kotelnikova

Katya Govorkova

Ivan Arkadin

Katya's father

Olga Narbekova

Mother

F

F. Osipov

Ugor

Antonin Pankryshev

Kozyrev

A

Andrei Gorchilin

Knysh's negotiator

Nikolai Okhlopkov

Violinist

Alexandr Gromov

Chairman

N

Nikolai Bravko

Bandit

Vsevolod Massino

Galina Kravchenko

L

Lev Ivanov

Party official (uncredited)

Andrey Fayt

Officer

Yevgeni Chervyakov

E

Ekaterina Maloletnova

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