A Bulgarian teacher becomes a spy in Nazi Berlin—courage has never looked this brutal.
Yana is a teacher. Her courage intrigued the German nobleman von Cheeter. Yana receives an order from the Soviet intelligence service to go to Berlin. There she finds herself in a society that shocks her with its arrogance, cynicism and nationalistic prejudices. After giving valuable information, the Gestapo seizes her. Yana is tortured but will not betray her friends.
Acting
Renata Draltscheva's silent suffering speaks volumes.
Direction
Velchev captures Berlin's oppressive atmosphere with claustrophobic precision.
Director
Ilya Velchev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the late Zhivkov era, this was one of few Bulgarian films to critically examine Soviet-German relations rather than glorify them outright.
The Gestapo torture scenes were so realistic that censors demanded cuts; Velchev smuggled the original print to Cannes where it screened uncensored.
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