The Penalty

The Penalty

1986 · 19 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

After a drunkard crashes his tractor for the upteenth time, the chairman of his collective farm decides to scare some sense into him and announces that he has been sentenced to die.

Directed by Natalya Shilok · Written by Nikolay Studnev

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