Cross and Mauser

Cross and Mauser (Russian: Крест и Маузер, romanized: Krest i mauzer) is a 1925 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Vladimir Gardin.

[1] The film set in early Soviet Russia, depicts a priest secretly working for foreign intelligence who is forced to confront his dark past and atone for his sins, leading to a tragic betrayal and death.

Jeronim, the priest of the local church, is secretly working for foreign intelligence, hiding a group of spies led by Shura.

One day, Jeronim unexpectedly encounters his old acquaintance, Mariyka, and tries to manipulate her into gathering information from the town's police chief, Galinski.

As Jeronim attempts to flee the church, which is surrounded by police, Shura, a former vicar of the monastery and now a spy, is fatally wounded but dies clutching a cross and a Mauser pistol.

Cross and Mauser (1925)