The plot of this film takes place in Leningrad in 1938. Fyodor Volkonogov works as a USSR law enforcer, but fears for his own life and breaks rank, soon enough receiving a warning from hell that puts him to the test.
Read moreFyodor learns that he has been sentenced to eternal torment in the underworld due to all the pain he has inflicted on people through his job in the security service. The only way he can escape this is to find at least one person who can forgive him. He takes on the task, but time is of the essence as his former colleagues are on the lookout for him.
With the Soviet Union's cruel and totalitarian regime as a backdrop, this is a hard-boiled cat-and-mouse thriller. At the same time, supernatural elements make the film the extraordinary thriller it is, conveying a captivating story with a rapid tempo and a strikingly visual style.
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Original title | Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal | |
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Director | Natasha Merkulova Aleksey Chupov |
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Year | 2021 | |
Length | 125 min | |
Country | Russia, France, Estonia | |
Language | Russian | |
Subtitles | Norwegian | |
Cast | Yuriy Borisov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksandr Yatsenko |