Soviet workplace drama where snitching on your boss goes horribly, legally right.
A ship captain's senior mate exposed criminal activities, leading to his car crash and criminal investigation.
Acting
Dyachkov's quietly shattered dignity as the whistleblower.
Direction
Zhuravlyov squeezes moral weight from every cramped office scene.
Director
Pyotr Zhuravlyov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1980s Soviet TV movies often smuggled sharp social critique past censors through workplace settings.
Leonid Dyachkov was a stage legend who rarely did television; this was a prestige grab for the network.
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