Olga Chuvayeva

The film was based on the story of the same name by A. Yakovlev about the most famous pioneer of the thirties of the last century, who was inscribed in the history of the pioneers under number 1.

A former front-line soldier, who worked at his post for a quarter of a century, local commissioner Lieutenant Semyon Mitrofanovich Kovalev, going to the department in the morning, was most sad that tomorrow he would no longer have to go to service: tomorrow he would be retired. But the last day of his service ended tragically.

Gorky's play raises themes of the Russian intelligentsia's struggles and search for the meaning of life. The characters argue a lot, quarrel, tease each other, trying to change, if not their lives, then at least their outlook on it.

Basé sur le roman du même nom de Fiodor Dostoïevski. L'histoire tragique de la famille Karamazov se déroule dans une province russe à la fin du XIXe siècle. Les relations entre le père et les trois frères sont très compliquées et contradictoires. L'un des frères est accusé du meurtre de son père, qu'il n'a pas commis. Les frères sont incapables de l'aider, et seule une jeune femme le suit aux travaux forcés.