Nikolay MASHCHENKO
Николай МАЩЕНКО
Nikolaï MACHTCHENKO
Russia, 1965, 80mn 
fiction
I Want to Believe
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Хочу верить

 

 Je veux croire

 Khochu verit

 
Directed by : Nikolay MASHCHENKO (Николай МАЩЕНКО)
Writing credits : Nikolay MASHCHENKO (Николай МАЩЕНКО)
 
Cast
Aleksey SAFONOV (Алексей САФОНОВ) ...Trofimenko
Yekaterina KRUPENNIKOVA (Екатерина КРУПЕННИКОВА) ...Lyudmila / Masha
Borislav BRONDUKOV (Борислав БРОНДУКОВ)
Yuri LAVROV (Юрий ЛАВРОВ)
 
Cinematography : Igor BELYAKOV (Игорь БЕЛЯКОВ)
Music : Klimenti DOMINCHEN (Климентий ДОМИНЧЕН)
Production : Studio Dovzhenko
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb

Plot synopsis
An agent of the Dnepropetrovsk underground, Lyudmila Zaykovskaya, taking advantage of the favor of German officers, learned about the secret operations of the "Third Reich". In 1942, the Nazis exposed Lyudmila and her comrades, but after the war, the collected data turned out to be against Lyudmila, and her name was tarnished.
After 20 years, relying on erroneous archival data, a young journalist, Alexei Trofimenko, writes an article about Lyudmila's betrayal. But then witnesses are found who claim Zaikovskaya's innocence. Alexey tries to find out the truth and restore the brave woman's glorious name.
 

Commentaries
Cinq chansons d’Andreï Echpaï que сonnaissait toute l’URSS, Natalia KOTCHETKOVA, Fenêtre sur la Russie, 2025
 

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