Captain Fyodor Volkonogov, a well-respected and obedient USSR law enforcer, witnesses his peers being suspiciously questioned. Sensing his turn is approaching, he escapes and is soon on the run, hunted by his former colleagues. Vulnerable and hopeless, Fyodor comes to realize what he had been part of. Suddenly he gets a message from hell: after death he will be sentenced to eternal torments. The only way to avoid is to repent and to find at least one person who will give him forgiveness. But time is running out and the manhunt is closing in on him…
Genre: Drama, thriller
Production: Russia, Estonia, France
Directors: Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov
Screenwriters: Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov with input from Mart Taniel
Producers: Valeriy Fedorovich, Evgeniy Nikishov, Aleksandr Plotnikov
Co-producers: Katrin Kissa, Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff, Nadezhda Zayonchkovskaya
Director of photography: Mart Taniel
Editor: François Gédigier
Production designer: Sergey Fevralev
Costume designer: Nadezhda Vasileva
Actors: Yuriy Borisov (Captain Volkonogov), Timofey Tribuntsev (Major Golovnya), Aleksandr Yatsenko (Major Gvozdev), Nikita Kukushkin ("Little Guy" Veretennikov), Vladimir Epifantsev (Colonel Zhikharev), Anastasia Ukolova (Rayechka), Natalya Kudryashova (Yelizarova), Dmitriy Podnozov (Professor Yelizarov), Victoria Tolstoganova (Widow Steiner), Yury Kuznetsov (Ignatiy Alekseyevich), Igor Savochkin (Uncle Misha), Maksim Stoyanov (Lependin the Worker), Polina Vitorgan (Lependina), Vitaliya Kornienko (Little Girl), Aleksandr Shein (Nina's Neighbor), Nataliya Volkova (Nina), Natalya Iokhvidova (Laura Petrovna), Nikolai Shreiber (Vozdvizhensky), Mikhail Khuranov (Gravedigger), Askar Nigametzyanov (Sergeant Zverev), Kirill Vasilev (Captain and Detective), Zoya Kaydanovskaya (Librarian) and more.