
Cheka Commissar Miroschtschenko. Silent film with live music
by Paul Sehnert
- No Dialogue
- Estonia
- 95 min
The oldest surviving Estonian fiction feature is a tense tale of love, deceit, and violence. It follows a group of Estonians in 1920 Bolshevik Russia awaiting permission to return home. Under the shadow of the Communist secret police (Cheka), Agnes becomes the axis of dangerous desires, and love prevails when a fateful bullet ends the commissar’s pursuit.
Screenings and awards
2025
Directed by
Paul Sehnert
