77 minutes, four suspects, one very Soviet apartment — and nobody touched the furniture.
The corpse of a young beautiful woman, the owner of a well-furnished home, was discovered in the apartment. Inspector Gurov rejects the robbery version: nothing was touched in the apartment. Four are suspected: the husband of the murdered woman, her friend, a neighbor on the landing and an elevator operator...
Acting
Antonik's Gurov: exhausted, chain-smoking, morally compromised.
Production
That apartment — gaudy nouveau-riche decay captured perfectly.
Director
Aleksei Polyakov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during perestroika's final gasp, the film captures the moral freefall of late Soviet society where new money collided with old corruption.
Polyakov made this between documentary work; the 77-minute runtime was reportedly mandated by Goskino budget cuts, forcing brutal narrative efficiency.
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