Documentary portrait of a prison through which a record number of politicians, revolutionaries, scientists, philosophers and soldiers have passed.
That is why the “Vladimir Central” was considered primarily a political prison, and then it became a place for especially dangerous criminals. The film's characters - employees, prisoners and veterans who once supervised Stalin's son Vasily, singer Lydia Ruslanova, criminal authorities - reflect on the values of life and death, correction, love, homeland and try to find the answer to one of the main questions: what is the fairest court?
