c| 31116 d| 31116

b| English c| hubpceu

a| rus

a| FL Record f| 0347

a| Borisov, Boris, e| director.

a| The Head of the Intelligence y| eng

a| Nachal'nik razvedki

a| Soviet Union : b| Rizhskaia Kinostudiia, c| 1989.

a| VHS (90 min.)

a| Moving image

a| Film about life and activities of the creator of the Soviet military intelligence service, Ian Karlovich Berzin (1889-1937). He became the head of the intelligence service in 1924. Soviet espionage networks in China, Germany, and within the Soviet Union are presented, along with Stalin's struggle for power within the Communist Party. The film explores the role of the Soviet intelligence services in gathering information about the military activities of Germany prior to the Second World War. In 1935 Berzin was removed from his position and sent to Khabarovsk; he later participated in the Spanish Civil War under the pseudo-name of General Grishin. Later Berzin was interrogated by the new head of NKVD Nikolai Ezhov, and sentenced to death. After the arrest of Berzin, the Soviet intelligence service was severely purged.

a| Pipars, Romualds, e| director

2| ddc c| VHS

0| 0 1| 0 4| 0 5| 0 7| 0 8| FL 9| 90118 a| FL b| FL d| 2016-11-25 l| 0 r| 2016-11-25 w| 2016-11-25 y| VHS

a| loVNVJo8

c| In the Research Room