AT ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE (1965)

Not Rated
At Attempt to Escape
Drama
December 13, 1965
Russian
1h 14m
Soviet Union
Moldova-Film
Bessarabia on the eve of World War II... Soldier Ștefan Brebu is being taken to trial in a prison car as a witness. The escorts were ordered to shoot him on the way "at attempt to escape." A soldier can give testimony in court that is undesirable for the authorities: it was not communists who were shooting at unarmed peasants...
Cast & Characters
Vasile Brescanu
Ștefan Brebu
Sergey Dvoretskiy
Bachu
Valery Kvitka
Tutoveanu
Dzhemma Osmolovskaya
Luminița
Valentin Stoyanov
Macovei
Trifon Gruzin
owner of a horse cart
Konstantin Konstantinov
tavern keeper
Mefodie Apostolov
lawyer
Igor Kuleshov
major
Mihail Badiceanu
Masarescu
Sergey Yakovlev
intellectual man
Vasile Chicu
peasant
Ion Muzica
driver
Crew
Tatyana Berezantseva
Director
Constantin Condrea
Writer
Samson Şleahu
Writer
Vasile Zagorschi
Original Music Composer
Leonid Proskurov
Director of Photography