Isaac Babel. The Fatal Triangle (2006)
When the collection of short stories by I.E.Babel "Konarmiya" was published, S.M. Budyonny became one of its first readers. The "horse army" infuriated him. Budyonny called the essays slanderous speculation and threatened to personally hack Babel with a saber. Defending the writer, Gorky wrote: "He showed the fighters of the First Cavalry better, more truthfully than Gogol — Zaporozhtsev." The writer was saved that time. But on May 16, 1939, no one could help Babel anymore. The writer was arrested. He ended up in the most terrible NKVD prison, Sukhanovskaya. Few people managed to get out alive.…
Director: Viktor Kukushkin
| Directing | Viktor Kukushkin | Director |
| Camera | Maxim Zhukov | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Alexandr Gromov | Writer |
| Editing | Aleksey Denisko | Editor |
