Production :
Телеканал «Россия 1», кинокомпания «Вайт медиа» / Chaîne "Russia 1", Société "Vaït media"
Release date in Russia : 17/10/2022
Plot synopsis
March 1944. On the front, the Red Army is on the offensive. The Allies are about to open a second front and it seems that the total annihilation of fascist Germany is imminent. However, the joy of the coming victory is overshadowed by a series of audacious and barbaric murders. No one has ever managed to see the bandits up close. According to the few testimonies collected by chance, the group of attackers changes constantly. And each time they leave portraits of the victims at the scene of the crime. Because of their drawings and cruelty, the gang was called "The Head of the Dead" and its leader "The Painter".
Major Efimov and Captain Sazonov are in charge of the investigation. However, the further they advance in the investigation, the more they are convinced that the murders and looting are just a cover. When Rudakov, an old friend of Sazonov, joins the NKVD investigation, each of the protagonists is suspected...