

A Soviet TV reporter stumbles into a coup plot — and nobody warned him the cameras were off.
Information about the upcoming coup d'etat falls into the hands of a TV reporter. At his own risk, he begins an investigation...
Direction
Snezhkin turns phone booths and hallways into panic rooms.
Acting
Kuznetsov's face holds an entire collapsing superpower.

Director
Sergey Snezhkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual Soviet collapse; crew members disappeared mid-production to join unfolding political events in Moscow.
The TV station's dated equipment wasn't production design — Snezhkin used his actual former workplace, unchanged since the 70s.