The documentary is based on declassified documents from the archives of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the A.M. Gorky, unique photographs, video materials, as well as interviews with people who personally knew the main character of the film, Maria Ignatievna Zakrevskaya / Benkendorf / Budberg, a woman of amazing fate, who easily won the hearts of men and who is considered an agent of several intelligence agencies at once. Maria more than once fell into the walls of the Cheka, but always left the cellars of the Lubyanka alive and unharmed. How did this amazing woman do it? What was her secret? And what was the secret of her burnt archive?
Film crew
- Director
- Sergey Kraus
- Screen writer
- Olga Demina, Oksana Serpak
- Operator
- Sergey Komarov
- Producer
- Irina Pismenny, Dmitry Savinsky, Valentina Cherepanova
- Sound producer
- Alexey Ryaskov