# Defence Counsel Sedov

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{{Short description|1988 Soviet film directed by Evgeniy Tsymbal}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Defence Counsel Sedov
| native_name    = {{langx|ru|Защитник Седов}}
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Evgeniy Tsymbal](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%A6%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
| producer       = 
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [Mariya Zvereva](/source/Mariya_Zvereva)
*{{ill|Ilya Zverev|ru|Илья Зверев}}
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [Vladimir Ilyin](/source/Vladimir_Ilyin_(actor))
* [Albina Matveyeva](/source/Albina_Matveyeva)	
* [Tamara Chernova](/source/Tamara_Chernova)
* [Tatyana Rogozina](/source/Tatyana_Rogozina)
* [Vatslav Dvorzhetsky](/source/Vatslav_Dvorzhetsky)
}}
| music          = [Vadim Khrapachov](/source/Vadim_Khrapachov)
| cinematography = [Vladimir Shevtsik](/source/Vladimir_Shevtsik)
| editing        = 
| released       = {{Film date|1988}}
| studio         = 
| runtime        = 42 minute
| country        = [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| language       = Russian
| budget         = 
}}
'''''Defence Counsel Sedov''''' ({{langx|ru|Защитник Седов}}) is a 1988 Soviet film directed by [Evgeniy Tsymbal](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%A6%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87).<ref>[https://kikonline.ru/2020/03/15/navigator-dosuga-v-kurgane-72/ Навигатор досуга в Кургане]</ref><ref>[https://iz.ru/news/582817 «Ида» победила в предпоследней схватке с «Левиафаном»]</ref><ref>[http://www.ng.ru/tv/2007-11-23/18_opros.html Предвыборное времечко]</ref>

The film takes place in 1937. The film tells about a Moscow lawyer who goes to a province for investigation.<ref>[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/45237/ Защитник Седов]</ref> It is based on a short story by {{ill|Ilya Zverev|ru|Илья Зверев}} with the same name.

==Plot==
Moscow lawyer Sedov is visited by three women from a rural village, pleading for him to help overturn an unjust death sentence imposed on local agronomists accused under [Article 58](/source/Article_58), a notorious Soviet law targeting "enemies of the state." Initially reluctant due to the political dangers of taking on such a case, Sedov eventually agrees under the women's emotional persuasion and travels to the provincial town of Ensk, where the trial is being held. Upon investigating, Sedov uncovers that the case is a complete fabrication, marred by gross procedural violations. He appeals to the "Great Prosecutor" (implied to be [Andrey Vyshinsky](/source/Andrey_Vyshinsky)), seeking justice.

Soon after, [NKVD](/source/NKVD) agents arrive at Sedov’s law office and take him into custody. He finds himself in a courtroom where the prosecutor dramatically announces that all officials involved in the investigation have been executed as "[Trotskyite-Bukharinite agents](/source/Case_of_the_Anti-Soviet_%22Bloc_of_Rightists_and_Trotskyites%22)", "saboteurs," and "spies," while the accused agronomists have been exonerated. The prosecutor urges the court to applaud Sedov for his "vigilance" in uncovering this latest "conspiracy." Although he has saved a few innocent lives, Sedov inadvertently becomes responsible for the deaths of many more.

== Cast ==
* [Vladimir Ilyin](/source/Vladimir_Ilyin_(actor))
* [Albina Matveyeva](/source/Albina_Matveyeva)	
* [Tamara Chernova](/source/Tamara_Chernova)
* [Tatyana Rogozina](/source/Tatyana_Rogozina)
* [Vatslav Dvorzhetsky](/source/Vatslav_Dvorzhetsky)
* [Vsevolod Larionov](/source/Vsevolod_Larionov)		
* [Garik Sukachyov](/source/Garik_Sukachyov)
* [Natalya Shchukina](/source/Natalya_Shchukina)	
* [Aleksandr Zharkov](/source/Aleksandr_Zharkov)
* Igor Nikolayev<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096499/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Защитник Седов (1988) Full Cast & Crew]</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist|1}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0096499}}

Category:1988 films
Category:1988 black-and-white films
Category:1988 drama films
Category:1988 Soviet films
Category:1988 Russian-language films
Category:Soviet black-and-white films
Category:Soviet drama films
Category:BAFTA winners (films)
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Mosfilm films
Category:Films about Soviet repression

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