Banda batki Knysha

Name: Banda batki Knysha
Director: Aleksandr Razumnyj
Genre: Crime
Released: 1924
Duration: 1 h 6 min
Cast: Pyotr Leontyev, Aleksandr Khachaturyants, Boris Shlikhting, Vladimir Kriger, T. Kotelnikova

1924 Crime 66 minutes Directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj

About Banda batki Knysha

In 1919 the Red Army has taken a small town, and a White unit is still in the suburbs. Red officers dress as the gang of Batka Knysh to draw the Whites out before the last blow.

Cast & crew

Aleksandr Razumnyj Director
Pyotr Leontyev
Aleksandr Khachaturyants
Boris Shlikhting
Vladimir Kriger
T. Kotelnikova
Ivan Arkadin
Olga Narbekova
F. Osipov
Antonin Pankryshev
Andrei Gorchilin

More about Banda batki Knysha

Aleksandr Razumny directed it. Yuri Tarich wrote it. Nikolay Okhlopkov is billed. The State Committee for Cinematography released it on 29 May 1924. It runs 66 minutes.

Themes

A town half taken
Officers in a gang's clothes
Whites still in the suburbs
Batka Knysh
Civil War
Red Army
Aleksandr Razumny

Notes

The story is set in 1919, five years before the release.
The pose is the point: the Reds wear the gang's identity.
The Russian title is Банда батьки Кныша.

Scenes

Red officers put on the look of Batka Knysh's gang.
They use the disguise to pull the White unit out of the suburbs.

Also available

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