This collection contains only three literary scripts by Alexander Zvyagintsev. In fact, there are many more of them. Many well-known action-packed feature films, television, artistic-journalistic and non-fiction films have been shot based on the author’s scripts. In particular, such feature films as “Sarmatian”, “Clan”, “Natural Selection”, “Deserter”. Viewers are well aware of his documentary works, filmed in the genre of historical investigation: “On the Trail of Satan”, “Rules of the Game”, “The Right of Might or the Strength of Morality”, “Minister of Trust”, “Dead Souls”, “Lead Thaw”, “Return” St. Luke's", "Opening the Closet of Shame" and others. Well, and of course a large series of popular documentaries about the Nuremberg trials. Alexander Zvyagintsev is the winner of many prizes and awards. In particular, he was twice awarded the Golden Eagle by the Russian Academy of Film Arts and Sciences. Films based on his scripts are always captivating. And his scripts do not leave anyone indifferent - they are very interesting to read. After all, you can see in them what is not in the films, what the directors missed or remade. Therefore, you can gain a complete understanding of a screenwriter only after you read his scripts and understand with what skill he navigates the edges of the human mind. A characteristic feature of the author’s literary and civic style is, echoing in all his scripts, the theme of historical memory and personal responsibility of a person in the fight against evil, which sometimes appears in the most unexpected guises.