Анна-детективъ

Skyway Production

One. ALEKSANDRA NIKIFOROVA

Two. DMITRY FRID

Three. BORIS KHVOSHNYANSKI, SERGEI DRUZYAK

4, 5. Ready or not, here I come.

WRITTEN BY YULIA VENGLOVSKAYA

CREATED BY ALEKSEY KOLMOGOROV

DIRECTOR - DENIS KARRO

CAMERA - ALEKSANDR ALESHNIKOV

MUSIC BY ANTON SILAYEV

PRODUCERS - YEKATERINA ANDRIYENKO, VITALY BORDACHIOV,

DARYA FIALKO, VLAD RIASHIN

DETECTIVE ANNA

No water in her lungs.

And on the back of her head, look...

This is blunt trauma.

THE CASE OF THE DROWNED WOMAN

This means that by the time she fell into the water, she was already dead.

So it's murder after all.

Looks like it.

And what is the time of death?

I suppose somewhere between 10 and midnight.

- I see. - If I may be so curious...

Are you planning to stay with us long?

I think I am.

The thing is, I'm a doctor, I work at the local hospital.

But very often I help out the police as a medical expert.

So if you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask me.

- Thank you, Doctor. - Aleksandr.

Honored to meet you.

I think it's bad news.

Anna!

What happened?

Tatiana Kuleshova is dead. They found her in the river.

- What do you mean, in the river? - She drowned.

- Oh my God. - The horror. After last night!

How did you know?

I was taking a ride there this morning, there were police...

I can only imagine how Pyotr feels.

- I'll go tell him a few words. - Yes, of course. It's terrible.

It's terrible. Tatiana isn't with us anymore.

Ulyana told me about last night, and what happened to you.

It's nothing. It was just too stuffy there.

No. Dubious experiences like that aren't for young people.

Promise me it's not going to happen again.

Who is that now?

Pyotr, it's me. We need to talk.

Leave me alone.

Open up.

I know it was you.

- Are you out of your mind, Ulyana? - I'm begging you, let's leave.

What's keeping you here?

- I don't care what you've done. - I didn't do anything.

You did nothing then, you did nothing now...

You just take ladies to the river and then they fish them out of the water.

It's a coincidence. It's a tragic coincidence, do you hear me? Nothing more.

My darling, I'm begging you, for the sake of what we had,

let's leave. I have money, Pyotr.

Leave me alone.

Don't you dare treat me like that. I know it was you.

I can prove I saw you.

Unless you come with me.

There she was, and now she is no more. Nothing foreboded it.

We had guests last night. She joked and laughed.

- Who were the guests? - Only the closest friends and acquaintances.

Gromova, the Mironovs...

Also Semyonov the teacher,

and Mazaev, the painter.

Semyonov and Mazaev, whose friends were they?

Tatiana's.

She liked to surround herself with strange personalities.

A painter here, a wordsmith there...

And that's never bothered you?

Please. My wife was a good woman.

All those painters, it's just innocent flirting, nothing more.

Last night, before the... Do you recall anything out of the ordinary?

Yes, there was one.

You know, Tatiana wanted a seance.

I didn't object, Pyotr Mironov had come to the city, a medium.

And he was the one who foretold an inevitable death for her.

Nonsense, nothing more. There was an awkward moment for everybody.

Pardon me,

weren't you bothered that your wife hadn't been home the entire night?

You see, we have different bedrooms.

I went to mine early, and by the morning, when she didn't come out for breakfast,

I simply decided not to bother her.

And then the policeman came...

I cannot divulge all the details of the case,

but of the fact that her death was not a suicide I am almost certain.

Wait.

Here's something else. The help found this in her room just an hour ago.

DEATH IS INEVITABLE

- Do you recognize the handwriting? - No. Can't you see?

It's written in block letters, precisely so you don't recognize the handwriting.

Thank you. I'll take this with me.

My condolences.

I can't believe Kuleshov could kill his own wife.

I don't see a motive yet. Although they did sleep in separate bedrooms.

Who the hell knows those husbands?

They spend half their lives apart from their wives,

and then they're ready to kill them for a small affair.

He doesn't have an alibi, does he?

The note is strange. A threat?

You go to the precinct, find out about that case from five years ago.

I'll go see that Mr Medium.

This is all quite unpleasant.

I'll visit with the Chief of Police today. Find out the details.

Yes, and talk to your brother. He has lost all spirit.

Yes, definitely.

Are you expecting anybody? We have a visitor.

- Good day. - Good day.

Detective Shtolman. I wanted to talk to Mr Mironov.

Ivan Mironov.

It's Pyotr Mironov that I need.

My brother? What is the occasion?

I am investigating the circumstances of Kuleshova's death,

I wanted to ask him a few questions.

Pardon me, but what does Pyotr have to do with it? You see, I'm a lawyer.

It's a formality, just a few questions.

Praskovya, be so kind as to find Pyotr and take him to my study.

And you take a seat. Maria Mironova.

Yakov Shtolman.

- And this is our good neighbor Ulyana. - Glad to meet you.

Poor Tatiana, poor Tatiana. She looked so happy yesterday.

The center of attention, surrounded by admirers...

Although yesterday I thought her husband wasn't very happy about them there.

- Like he was, annoyed. - Who do you mean exactly?

Semyonov and Mazaev. They were both trying to court her.

Pyotr is waiting in the study.

Thank you.

If you don't mind, I would like to be present as a lawyer.

I don't mind.

- So you predicted Mrs Kuleshova's death. - Not me.

Fine, not you. And what happened next?

What did? The seance was over, everybody went wherever.

- Be more precise. - I proposed Kuleshova and I take a walk.

Why?

There was a necessity.

I felt the seance had left an unpleasant impression on her.

I thought it necessary to undo it and explain that

a prediction is not a death sentence.

- And where did you go? - To the river.

- And when were you back? - You see, I was back alone.

Because Kuleshova said

she wanted to be alone, I left her

and walked away. Then my niece and I went home.

And as far as I understand, you never saw Mrs Kuleshova again.

I didn't.

I must arrest you on charges of murder.

Listen, that is nonsense.

Me? A murderer?

Nonsense!

Your charges are baseless.

The investigation will make sense of it.

If you are innocent, you have nothing to fear.

But in these circumstances, I must arrest you.

- I will appeal your actions. - Of course, that is your right.

I will wait for you. The stagecoach is at the gate.

What are you doing? You practically admitted your guilt.

Why did you have to tell him about that walk?

What do I have to hide? Tell me, what?

Everybody saw that the two of us left, then I returned alone.

I don't want to lie, and I won't lie.

You don't have to lie, but you don't have to spill everything like that either!

I am innocent. Innocent!

Detective? What happened?

I had a few questions for your uncle.

Are you suspecting my uncle? That's ridiculous,

my uncle couldn't kill anybody.

And still, what were you doing at the river?

I already answered that question for you.

She was upset, and I wanted to explain myself, to tell her that

the words that came out of my mouth weren't mine.

The spirit was saying them.

And you had to go to the river for that?

Don't answer that. You don't have to.

What sort of relationship did you have with Mrs Kuleshova?

Answer, don't drag it out.

Well, let's say...

our relationship had a romantic aspect.

So you were lovers.

Yes.

And what happened? Did you have a fight?

Not exactly.

We talked, and then she said she was going to take a walk, and...

So you left the lady alone at night in a deserted place. Right?

She insisted. She insisted.

So you did have a fight.

I think my brother

has helped the investigation enough and has nothing more to add.

Agreed. Yevgashin!

Mr Mironov is detained until the circumstances are clear.

Spirit of Tatiana Kuleshova, come.

Spirit of Tatiana Kuleshova, come.

Lady Anna! Lady Anna!

- You scared me so much. - Don't be afraid.

You left a deep impression on me yesterday.

I wonder how.

Excuse me, I'm in a hurry.

Wait, listen. This absurd and horrible death...