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Devils At Play
- James DiLapo
- 2012
- Available
- Nicholl
- Black List
- Drama
- 81.8
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AgentAaron Hart, Adam Levine, Rob Herting (Verve)
ManagerAlex Lerner (Kaplan Perrone)
ManagerAlex Lerner (Kaplan Perrone)
Stepan, an alcoholic detective working as an agent for Internal Affairs inside the Stalin-ruled government of the 1937 Soviet Union, finds a list of traitors that he believes will help him win a competition that will free him of his miserable life in Moscow.
In 1930s Soviet Union, a member of the old revolutionary guard uncovers a master list of traitors that could be his key to leaving his current way of life.
A revolutionary guard in 1930's Soviet Union, decides to investigate a possible conspiracy to win a competition that will set him free from his regrets.
A brutal and disgruntled worker for Internal Affairs in 1937 Russia struggles against his party in order to solve a case that will win him freedom to live as he pleases within the communist party .
Film
Film, Action, Crime, Drama, Detective, Period, Conspiracy, Murder, Organized Crime, Prison, Political, Military, Corruption, Foreign Locale, Survival
123
R
Medium
M
White / European
50
Unattractive
The Inner Circle(1991), The Lives of Others, High and Low, Reds,
1930s; Several weeks
Stalin's 1930s Soviet Russia; Scenes in Railroads, Gulags, Frozen Tundras, Newspaper Factories, Government Buildings, Work Camps, Apartment Complexes, Rural Areas
STEPAN(50s), a Captain in Stalin’s 1930s Soviet Union, enters his workplace at Lubyanka Headquarters amidst a snowy, windy day, greeting fellow CAPTAIN TRYUIN(30s). Later in the day he meets up with his old friend and superior MAJOR MISHIN(60s), nicknamed Old Bear. As the two get reacquainted with another, with Stepan once again asking about a transfer out of Lubyanka, Mishin introduces him to LIEUTENANT ILYCH SIDOROV(20s), who will be shadowing Stepan, much to his displeasure.
After the two men exchange frigid pleasantries, Stepan leads Ilych to a Moscow apartment building where they arrest DMITRY(20s) in the middle of the night for allegations of conspiracy in front of his wife YULIYA(20s) their younger daughter. Yuliya hands over a raincoat, locket, and shoebox over to Dmitry before he’s whisked away. Stepan confiscates the raincoat and shoebox, taking it back to his apartment. He later finds an injured rabbit inside the box, and instead of killing it, helps to nurse it back to health.
Stepan returns to his government job to find that Major Mishin had been executed brutally inside the Lubyanka prison by presiding lieutenants VOLKOV(30s) and NAZYUTA(30s). The General Commissar of...
After the two men exchange frigid pleasantries, Stepan leads Ilych to a Moscow apartment building where they arrest DMITRY(20s) in the middle of the night for allegations of conspiracy in front of his wife YULIYA(20s) their younger daughter. Yuliya hands over a raincoat, locket, and shoebox over to Dmitry before he’s whisked away. Stepan confiscates the raincoat and shoebox, taking it back to his apartment. He later finds an injured rabbit inside the box, and instead of killing it, helps to nurse it back to health.
Stepan returns to his government job to find that Major Mishin had been executed brutally inside the Lubyanka prison by presiding lieutenants VOLKOV(30s) and NAZYUTA(30s). The General Commissar of...