European premiere

The Conscience

Local title
Südametunnistus
Title in Russian
Совесть
Original title
Sovest
Director
Aleksey Kozlov
Country
Russian Federation
Year
2021
Festival
Kinoff 2021
Programme
Main programme of Kinoff, Current Waves
Genre
historical drama, crime drama
Subject
prison, individual vs society, betrayal, history, politics

The early twenties of the 20th century, Petrograd. Time of troubles: regime’s paralysis, chaos, rampant crime. Boris Letush is investigating the murder of his brother, a well-known lawyer. Experienced robber, Lyonka Panteleev is under suspicion, he was arrested and imprisoned in a remand prison. Only few people know that Panteleev, a former security officer, is a secret agent of the criminal investigation department.

“If the subject of the killer agent comes up at the trial, it will be a failure!” says the head of the criminal investigation, Matveev. He insists on the immediate liquidation of Panteleev, suggesting to act out the suicide in jail. Letush is against lawlessness: one should always prove the suspect’s guilt first. The conflict is resolved unexpectedly: Panteleev escapes from the prison. Who organized the escape and why? What was his goal?

Director
Aleksey Kozlov
Screenwriter
Aleksey Kozlov, Petr Smirnov
Cast
Vladislav Komarov, Aleksandr Kononets, Vasily Shchipitsyn, Natalya Sveshnikova
Producer
Aleksey Kozlov, Arkady Fateev, Elena Gromova, Anton Dementev
DoP
Vyacheslav Tyurin
Music
Aleksey Karpov
Production
Kontakt
World sales
Roskino
Runtime
Language
Russian
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Aleksey Kozlov

Aleksey Kozlov

Zapret (2015), Spasti Leningrad (Saving Leningrad, 2019), Sovest (The Conscience, 2021)

Presented by

Russian Film Festival

Russian Film Festival

Roskino

Roskino

Screenings

Hall Kohtla-Järve Kultuurikeskus
Screening183101 / Südametunnistus
SubtitlesEstonian
Screening duration
Hall Kohtla-Järve Kultuurikeskus
Screening183101 / Südametunnistus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening021504 / Südametunnistus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Hall Jõhvi Kontserdimaja
Screening093304 / Südametunnistus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Hall 2 Apollo Kino Astri
Screening173202 / Südametunnistus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Virtual hall Online Cinema
ScreeningSüdametunnistus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian