A Soviet interrogation where faith itself becomes the weapon.
Based on an actual Cold War incident in which a Ukrainian prisoner of conscience was forced to defend his Christian faith while under Soviet interrogation
Acting
Trintignant's eyes do what pages of dialogue cannot.
Direction
Deray makes a room feel like a closing trap.
Director
Jacques Deray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Ukrainian dissident cases suppressed by KGB—Deray filmed in West Germany standing in for USSR.
Trintignant reportedly refused to blink during entire interrogation scenes—check his eyes.
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