At Attempt to Escape(1965)

movie - first aired/released 1965-12-13 - 74 min

Drama

Directed by Tatyana Berezantseva

Bessarabia on the eve of World War II... Soldier Ștefan Brebu is being taken to trial in a prison car as a witness. The escorts were ordered to shoot him on the way "at attempt to escape." A soldier can give testimony in court that is undesirable for the authorities: it was not communists who were shooting at unarmed peasants...