Arithmetic of a Murder
| Arithmetic of a Murder | |
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| Russian: Арифметика убийства | |
| Directed by | Dmitry Svetozarov |
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| Produced by | Ada Staviskaya |
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| Cinematography | Sergey Astakhov |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Arithmetic of a Murder (Russian: Арифметика убийства) is a 1991 Soviet detective film directed by Dmitry Svetozarov.[1][2][3] In a communal apartment in St. Petersburg, a bully, whom everyone hated, was killed. Despite the fact that everyone had a motive for the murder, they all had an alibi. A local disabled person is trying to help the investigator solve the murder.[4]
Plot
[edit]In a dilapidated, rat-infested communal apartment in Saint Petersburg, a crime has been committed — Matvey Ivanovich Bryukhanov, a rowdy drunk and womanizer, is found murdered. The case is assigned to investigator Pyotr Prokofyevich Konev. During the investigation, Konev meets one of the apartment's long-time residents, Ilya Muromtsev, a disabled man confined to a wheelchair. Despite his limitations, Ilya is highly intelligent and observant, and he reveals secrets about the other residents. It soon becomes clear that nearly everyone in the apartment had a motive to kill Bryukhanov.
At one point, Ilya takes the lead in the investigation, even staging a reenactment of the fateful night’s events in a manner reminiscent of Hamlet. Alongside this live reenactment, he also stages a version using a paper puppet theater he crafted. Ilya's theory is enough to satisfy Konev’s superiors, but it leaves the true mystery unresolved.
Cast
[edit]- Sergey Bekhterev
- Zinaida Sharko
- Yury Kuznetsov
- Lev Borisov
- Olga Samoshina
- Vladimir Kashpur
- Slava N. Jakovleff[5]