Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021) on Netflix
Captain Fyodor Volkonogov serves in the NKVD, trusted by his superiors. Arrests begin in his department; he escapes. A messenger warns him of hell unless a victim of his crimes forgives him.
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Plot summary
In the USSR during the Great Terror, Fyodor Volkonogov has earned the trust of his superiors and the respect of his colleagues as a captain in the Soviet law enforcement agency. His immediate superior, Major Gvozdev, throws himself from his office window as arrest closes in. Arrests then begin among the department's employees, announced as a call for evaluation, and Volkonogov escapes before he is taken. A messenger tells him that hell is his fate after death unless one of the victims of his crimes grants him forgiveness. His former colleagues hunt him through the city.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021)
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- The soundtrack uses the Soviet song Polyushko-pole, heard several times: a choir of NKVD members performs and dances to it, and the character Veretennikov sings it while he is tortured.
- Natalya Merkulova and Alexey Chupov's film won Best Feature Film at the XXX Philadelphia International Film Festival, becoming the first Russian film in history to take that prize.
