Defence Counsel Sedov
Late one evening in Moscow in 1937, Defence Counsel Sedov hears a knock at the door. Three women whose agronomist husbands have been sentenced to death for alleged sabotage beg him to take on the seemingly hopeless task of saving them. Sedov embarks upon a succession of encounters with increasingly powerful officials, gradually persuading them to look at the case anew. But the highest authorities are not so easily outmanoeuvered, and Sedov becomes canonised as a Stalinist zealot, with the film building inexorably to its chilling triple climax.
Cast: Vladimir Ilin, Albina Matveyeva, Tamara Chernova
Defence Counsel Sedov
Late one evening in Moscow in 1937, Defence Counsel Sedov hears a knock at the door. Three women whose agronomist husbands have been sentenced to death for alleged sabotage beg him to take on the seemingly hopeless task of saving them. Sedov embarks upon a succession of encounters with increasingly powerful officials, gradually persuading them to look at the case anew. But the highest authorities are not so easily outmanoeuvered, and Sedov becomes canonised as a Stalinist zealot, with the film building inexorably to its chilling triple climax.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Evgeny Tsymbal
- Cast
- Vladimir Ilin, Albina Matveyeva, Tamara Chernova, Татьяна Рогозина, Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, Vsevolod Larionov
- Studio
- Mosfilm
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
Russian
Where to watch
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