Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Captain Volkonogov Escaped (, translit. Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal) is a 2021 Russian thriller drama film written and directed by Natalya Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov. The main roles were played by Yuri Borisov as Captain Fyodor Volkonogov. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Plot The setting is the USSR during the Great Terror. Captain Fyodor Volkonogov serves in the Soviet law enforcement agency. He is trusted by his superiors and his colleagues respect him. One day on his way to the service, he witnesses the suicide of his immediate superior: Major Gvozdev, who throws himself out of the window of his own office under the threat of imminent arrest. At the same time, under the pretext of a call for evaluation, arrests of employees of the department headed by Gvozdev begin. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Then, a messenger from the world above appears to the Captain and informs him that after his death, he is destined for hell. He has one last chance to change his fate, if he would repent, and can find just one victim that would forgive him his crimes. Cast Yuri Borisov as Captain Volkonogov Timofey Tribuntsev as Major Golovnya Aleksandr Yatsenko as Major Gvozdyov Nikita Kukushkin as Veretennikov Vladimir Epifantsev as Colonel Zhikharev Anastasiya Ukolova as Raisa Natalya Kudriashova as Elizarova Dmitry Podnozov as Professor Elizarov Viktoriya Tolstoganova as the widow Steiner Yury Kuznetsov as Ignatiy Alekseyevich Igor Savochkin as Uncle Misha Maxim Stoyanov as the worker Lependyin This film was Igor Savochkin's final role before his death.