Aleksey KOZLOV
Алексей КОЗЛОВ
Alekseï KOZLOV
Russia, 2021, 91mn 
fiction
Conscience
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Совесть

 

 Conscience

 Sovest

 
Directed by : Aleksey KOZLOV (Алексей КОЗЛОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey KOZLOV (Алексей КОЗЛОВ), Pyotr SMIRNOV (Пётр СМИРНОВ )
 
Cast
Vladislav KOMAROV (Владислав КОМАРОВ)
Aleksandr KONONETS (Александр КОНОНЕЦ)
Vasili SHCHIPITSYN (Василий ЩИПИЦЫН)
Natalia SVESHNIKOVA (Наталья СВЕШНИКОВА )
Anastasia MELNIKOVA (Анастасия МЕЛЬНИКОВА)
Yekaterina RESHETNIKOVA (Екатерина РЕШЕТНИКОВА)
 
Cinematography : Vyacheslav TIURIN (Вячеслав ТЮРИН)
Production design : Leonid KARPOV (Леонид КАРПОВ), Mariya ZOLINA (Мария ЗОЛИНА)
Music : Aleksey KARPOV (Алексей КАРПОВ)
Produced by : Arkadi FATEIEV (Аркадий ФАТЕЕВ), Elena_2 GROMOVA (Елена_2 ГРОМОВА), Aleksey KOZLOV (Алексей КОЗЛОВ)
Production : АНО «Контакт» при поддержке Правительства Санкт-Петербурга / Association "Kontakt" avec le soutien du Gouvernement de Saint Pétersbourg
 

Plot synopsis
The early twenties of the 20th century, Petrograd. Time of troubles: regime's paralysis, chaos, rampant crime. Boris Letush is investigating the murder of his brother, a well-known lawyer. Experienced robber Lyonka Panteleev is under suspicion. He was arrested and imprisoned in a remand prison. Only few people know that Panteleev, a former security officer, is a secret agent of the criminal investigation department. Matveev, the head of the criminal investigation, insists on the immediate liquidation of Panteleev, suggesting acting out the suicide in jail. Letush is against lawlessness: one should always prove the suspect's guilt first. The conflict is resolved unexpectedly: Panteleev escapes from the prison! Who organized the escape and why? What was his goal ?
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Aleksei Kozlov: The Conscience (Sovest’, 2021), Laura Todd, Kinokultura, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2021
- Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo (Egypt), 2021
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2021
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2021