At Attempt to Escape

(1965)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1965

Runtime: 74 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Татьяна Березанцева

Cast: Василе Брескану, Сергей Дворецкий, Валерий Квитка, Джемма Осмоловская, Valentin Stoyanov, Трифан Грузин, Константин Константинов, Мефодий Апостолов, Igor Kuleshov, Михаил Бадикяну

Plot

Bessarabia on the eve of World War II... Soldier Ștefan Brebu is being taken to trial in a prison car as a witness. The escorts were ordered to shoot him on the way "at attempt to escape." A soldier can give testimony in court that is undesirable for the authorities: it was not communists who were shooting at unarmed peasants...