Georgy Zhzhenov. Russian Cross. Part One - "Never Say Never"

Георгий Жженов. Русский крест. Часть первая - "От сумы и от тюрьмы"

The film tells about the outstanding actor Georgy Zhzhenov, his life in Leningrad, the beginning of film activity, arrest, investigation, detention in prisons "Shpalerki" and "Kresty". The hero, as it were, leads a tour of the historical places of his biography. Viewers together with him visit the very cell where Zhzhenov spent two and a half years, his communal apartment. Georgy Stepanovich meets people with whom he was once familiar, long-forgotten names, surnames, poetic lines arise in his memory...