A novel by film director Nikolai Lebedev—the author of “Legend No. 17” and “The Crew.”
On the anniversary of the main trial of the era over Nazi executioners in Nuremberg. Based on real events.
About a personal tragedy of a man and the greatest process in human history…
The International Military Tribunal opened in Nuremberg on November 20, 1945, becoming an unprecedented event of the 20th century. For the first time, the key figures of an entire state—accused of committing war crimes—sat in the dock. With the joint efforts of humanity, the Nazis of Germany were condemned—the instigators of the world’s most terrible tragedy. The verdict against these criminals became a factual turning point in the history of World War II.
Captain Igor Volgin reached Berlin. But the long-awaited Victory did not become the end of his military fate. By chance, he—who knew languages and had experience as an intelligence operative—ended up in Nuremberg, where the court process against the leaders of the Third Reich was beginning at that time. Becoming a member of the Soviet delegation, Volgin also received the long-awaited opportunity to find traces of his brother, who had disappeared in those parts during the war. However, at the very moment when the first clue in the search was found, an unexpected twist occurred during the Nuremberg trial. Unbeknownst to him, the captain was again pushed to the front line…
“ The film is based on historical facts and documents that had been unknown until recently, obtained by historians and journalists directly from participants and witnesses of the Nuremberg trial.” — Film producer E. Aynulova
“People come to the cinema for emotions, and in this sense the human dramas that unfolded against the backdrop of the Nuremberg trial are both the dramas of our hero and those of the people who were being tried—I mean the Nazi criminals.” — Director of the film and author of the book N. Lebedev