Ekaterina Asmus

A gunshot suddenly breaks the silence of the school hallways. A desperate history teacher holds her whole class hostage. But very soon the situation will change, and the teacher herself will become a hostage.

A documentary film exploring what makes Russia tick. Director Michael Beckelhimer journeys across Russia to uncover how Russia turned their genius poet Alexander Pushkin into "their everything".

A gunshot suddenly breaks the silence of the school hallways. A desperate history teacher holds her whole class hostage. But very soon the situation will change, and the teacher herself will become a hostage.