Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city “bottom”. He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on Moscow slums, for help. Together they go to the legendary bandit Khitrovka and find themselves drawn into the investigation of the murder of a mysterious local resident - an Indian Sikh with a dark past...
Year of production: 2023
Director: Shakhnazarov Karen
Producer: Shakhnazarov Karen
Writers: Elena Podrez, Ekaterina Kochetkova, Karen Shakhnazarov
Composer: Poteenko Yuri
Operator: Lukichev Oleg
Production designer: Sergey Fevralev
Cast: Konstantin Kryukov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Anfisa Chernykh, Evgeniy Stychkin, Alexey Vertkov, Alexander Oleshko, Boris Kamorzin, Ivan Kolesnikov, Stanislav Eventov, Georgy Topolaga, Yuri Mirontsev, Sergei Skoda, Sergei Barkovsky, Vasant Balan