Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Captain Volkonogov Escaped

126 mins | Drama, Thriller | Jan. 5, 2023

Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.

Captain Volkonogov Escaped

126 mins | Drama, Thriller | Jan. 5, 2023

Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Eurimages, Homeless Bob Production, Russian Ministry of Culture, Look-Film, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, KinoVista, Kinoprime, Place of Power
Original title Капитан Волконогов бежал
Directors Natalya Merkulova, Alexey Chupov
Writers Natalya Merkulova, Alexey Chupov, Mart Taniel

Cast

Yuriy Borisov

as Captain Volkonogov

Timofey Tribuntsev

as Major Golovnya

Aleksandr Yatsenko

as Major Gvodzev

Viktoriya Tolstoganova

as Widow Steiner

Natalya Kudryashova

as Elizarova

Vladimir Yepifantsev

as Colonel Zhikharev

Yuriy Kuznetsov

as Ignatiy Alekseevich

Maxim Stoyanov

as Working Man Lependin

Polina Vitorgan

as Lependina

Vitaliya Kornienko

as Little Girl

Aleksandr Sheyn Jr.

as Nina's neighbour

Natalya Iokhvidova

as Laura Petrovna

Nikolay Shrayber

as Vosdvizhenskiy

Mikhail Khuranov

as Mortician

Askar Nigamedzyanov

as Sergeant Zverev

Kirill Vasilyev

as Interrogator

Zoya Kaydanovskaya

as Librarian

Nikita Kukushkin

as Veretennikov

Dmitriy Podnozov

as Professor Elizarov

Igor Savochkin

as Uncle Misha

Natalya Volkova

as mother

Maxim Yakovlev

as Artamonov

Ivan Reshetnyak

as Valiulin

Evgeniy Sannikov

as Tupikin

Tatyana Stadnitskaya

as librarian lady

Anna Kastelyanos

as factory woman

Aleksandr Bogatyrev

as Bogdanchik

Ivan Ivashov

as Lemeshko

Igor Kuzmin

as Lyakhovskiy

Roman Glebov

as Yamagulov

Maksim Kopeykin

as Guschin

Kirill Bukin

as lieutenant

Evgeniy Antonov

as attendant

Pavel Sergienko

as Stepan Dmitriyevich

Georgy Marishin

as Khoroshkovskiy

Tatyana Polonskaya

as prison medic

Evgeniy Voloshin

as sitting man 1

Aleksandr Kabanov

as sitting man 2

Anatoly Kondyubov

as sitting man 3

Elena Popova

as woman in the doorway

Makar Troshin

as boy on a chamber pot