The Shooting Party 1977
The Shooting Party ★★½ 1977
Told in flashbacks, a story of a crime of passion, an innocent man, and guilty secrets. A magistrate cannot admit his love for a woodsman's daughter so she falls into a loveless marriage and a decadent affair. In a fit of passion, the magistrate kills her and then decides to prosecute her innocent husband for the crime. Based on a story by Chekhov. In Russian with English subtitles. 105m/C VHS . RU Oleg (Yankovsky) Jankowsky, Galina Belyayeva; D: Emil Loteanu.
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