The Defendant

Anton Skulov, a war invalid, shot a drunk young man with a hunting rifle who climbed into his garden and ruined rare flowers that his wife, a war veteran, had grown before her death. The investigation was short-lived, the accused immediately admitted his guilt and was ready to stand trial, having already convicted himself of the murder.

• Director: Iosif Kheifits
• Cast: Mikhail Zhigalov, Tatyana Shestakova, Rolan Bykov, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Yuriy Solovyov, Ivan Agafonov, Olga Volkova, Yelena Sanayeva