
An American photographer, eagerly anticipating a sensational suicide on a New York skyscraper, was fortunate to receive a report about the hundredth suicide, but whom would be the hundredth and one?
Directed by Igor Kuznetsov, The Hundredth and First leans on a strong ensemble — Mikhail Romanov, Aleksandr Anurov, Nikolai Dovzhenko — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1962.
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A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
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