DOSTOYEVSKY'S HAT - Dostoyevsky's ghost assists alcoholic detective to solve pitiless serial killings in mesmeriizing psychological thriller set in Moscow, St petersburg and Siberia.

GULAG FLOWERS - "Should thou kill?" Set in the year 1999 and by pure coincidence or fate, two 80- year old Siberian Gulag survivors kill their now internationally famous former guards simultaneously in Moscow and Hiroshima causing a worldwide manhunt.

THE ORLOV DECREE- Fictional cat and mouse cryptic spy thriller set in Belrin and Germany 1942 - 1999 recounting the theft of the prized Orlov diamond from the Kremlin by German Counter Intelligence and the efforts of the NKVD and KGB to get it back. The ending is one of the finest in classic thriller film history.

SYNOPSIS:

"DOSTOYEVSKY'S HAT" The year is 1999 and YURI SOLOKOV aged fifty, a top St Petersburg homicide detective, is sick of life and all it’s struggles. He has to solve three grisly serial murders and also be cautious of VOSKOV his young and ambitious associate who wants his job. YURI has seen so much murder and degradation that he has become an alcoholic and his career is virtually finished – his current relationship is also in peril. Whilst answering a call to the first murder at the Kuznechnyy Markets and nursing a hangover, YURI runs over a pedestrian who lands on his windscreen believing he has killed him. It is actually Dostoyevsky’s ghost who stares at Yuri with intrigue. Yuri backs up to find nothing there except an old-fashioned dark felt hat that he picks up. In his tormented mind and dreams Yuri also continuously sees an old 19th century horse carriage driven by a skeleton. As he is examining the body at the markets, he overhears, “At last I’ve been to Dostoyevsky’s flat and to think he loved to eat honey!” He turns around, yet nobody is there. Thus begins a mesmerizing ghostly psychological thriller set in modern day Russia questioning evil, moral responsibility, redemption, Capitalism and change from Communism, coincidence and modern ways versus old. YURI tells VOSKOV to see what the autopsy uncovers and then enters the markets for the first time and immediately is confronted with a woman thrusting fresh honey in his face and some rubles. The woman says, “He told me to give you this.” Yuri says whom? And the woman says, “Oh, an odd old looking man in a hat. He left ten minutes ago.” Yuri is shaken and notices the rubles are from the nineteenth century and not modern. As he leaves the scene in his Police car he notices a dark figure watching him from a corner. He stops and the figure disappears. The dark ghostly figure ghost of Dostoyevsky sees himself reflected in Yuri’s tormented way of life and wishes to help Yuri solve the murders and thus redeem his life. Dostoyevsky also needs Yuri’s expertise, with the help of modern DNA, to solve the murder of his beloved son that he witnessed back in 1878. Only then can he rest in peace. This is explained in heart-rending sepia flashbacks. The first serial murder is based in the Sennya Ploshchad area of “Crime and Punishment” culminating in ancient Novgorod. The second serial murder is similar to the “The Brothers Karamazov” occurring at the “Aurora” Cruiser museum and ending in a spectacular finale in Volgograd (Stalingrad.) The third serial murder is similar to the “ The House of the Dead” occurring at The St Peter and Paul Fortress. The only person who YURI confides in is his epileptic literary teacher and girlfriend GALINA, who is unsure of his mental condition and progressively comes to realize that is Dostoyevsky who is helping him and the coincidences between these modern murders and Dostoyevsky’s time. YURI dares not tell anyone, as they would think him insane. Dostoyevsky appears during these times especially in a chilling séance and gives Yuri cryptic clues finally leaving his ancient hat as proof. The main suspect, a crazed Psychiatrist GALENKOV, then leads Yuri and Voskov on a great psychological chase. The film has great action scenes set in Red Square, Lake Baikal Siberia, Novgorod, Mamaev Kurgan Volgograd and the Optina Pustyn Monastery. One of the most powerful scenes in the film is at Lake Baikal where Yuri meets a Shaman who rescues him from drowning and then takes him into the trance world where clues to the murders are given to him. Later on, an exhausted YURI visits the famous Optina Pustyn monastery and is given help by a compassionate Father who finds him freezing in the snow. In fact, the Father is a ghost and the very same Father that gave Dostoyevsky solace when he sought meaning to his life after the death of his son in 1878. The killer is finally caught in a great action sequence involving the St Petersburg – Moscow express - Metro and Red Square. The killer turns out to be VOSKOV who as a young man witnessed the brutal murder of a Down Syndrome boy beggar by three youths in Kostroma. VOSKOV was a coward and hid as the youths killed the beggar for no real reason other than pure hatred and evil. VOSKOV is accidentally shot by YURI whilst chasing GALENKOV in Red Square who tries to attack Lenin resting in his Mausoleum. As VOSKOV dies he explains the modus operandi and why he did it (guilt from doing nothing – the fact that the murders would be hard to prove 15 years later), VOSKOV dies, and is given the last rites by a passing Priest at St Basil’s Cathedral - the ghostly figure of Dostoyevsky appears to VOSKOV and he understands his redemption from guilt. The ghost also explains to YURI that back in 1881 when the Tsar was assassinated YURI’S grandfather was a Policeman tried to help the Tsar and also him from his gambling and depression and thus he could write his famous books. At this time, it is explained that VOSKOV also had an inoperable cancer and had three weeks to live – hence the urgency to kill. Towards the film’s end, an emotional montage of sepia period postcards of people and times collected by the lonely VOSKOV portray on the screen enforcing the tenet of individuality and the tumultuous times that Russia and St Petersburg has lived through. The film would be visually stunning with the great natural beauty of the Russian winter and St Petersburg portrayed through the diverse colors, light and seasons as the characters live out their lives. The Soundtrack contains Russian folk and rock songs - could be a best seller. The film is also a testament to love and determination that transcends beyond time, distance and human desire, as seen through the everlasting penance of memory and the devastating after affects of Communism, World War Two and the relatively recent introduction of Capitalism. “GULAG FLOWERS” In 1945 OLEG Kandov, is a famous Moscow abstract artist and the favourite of the Government and the people. After he draws a picture of Stalin at a coffee shop whilst drunk he is accused of sedition and sent to Siberia to the infamous Magadan “Road of death” railway line where the fatality rate is 94%. The Gulag is called the SOUL GRINDER as it kills not only the body but also most people’s spirits. At the same time in Hiroshima HARUKO UHARA, a successful ROKYUKO singer miraculously survives the Atomic Bomb and joins the army and is sent to Manchuria where he is captured by the Red army and also sent to Magadan. HARUKO is tormented by such carnage and vows a life of peace and worship. OLEG and HARUKO form a friendship in the freezing gulag camp and they survive by their inner and outer strength witnessing crimes beyond imagination. One day 2 guards accuse OLEG and HARUKO of laziness and as a punishment grab 3 young boys working with them and crucify them to death. OLEG and HARUKO blame themselves for these deaths and slowly deteriorate mentally and physically. They then by sheer strength of will decide to survive and live for their dead friends and tell the world in the future of what happened in the Gulags. Finally in 1953 they are released on Stalin’s death and promise to live a successful existence for the three dead boys. From 1953- 2000 they both become world famous. OLEG as an artist rivalling Kandinsky and HARUKO as Japan’s most famous singer. OLEG however is continually haunted by the boy’s deaths and becomes an alcoholic and depressive unable to love. HARUKO also becomes haunted and lives a life alone despite his fame. In 1999 at an International Moscow art exhibition the now richest Russian minerals businessmen MAREK VASKOV congratulates and commissions a painting from OLEG. OLEG recognisee him from his as the Gulag guard from Magadan who crucified the boys. After being taunted by VASKOV he stalks him and finally kills him in the Moscow Victory Park. At the same time HARUKO recognises the other guard ROMAN KANDOV, who is also MAREK’S twin after a Tokyo concert. KANDOV is now Russia biggest importer of Japanese cars. HARUKO stalks him and kills him after being taunted. OLEG and HARUKO kill the twins with a lethal injection of the Oleander flower which was often used in the Gulag, hence the name Gulag Flowers. Russia and Japan are horror-struck by the murders as they are trying to portray a reputable International business reputation. The respective Government’s ask for the best Detective’s available who are YURI SOLOKOV who solved Russia’s worst serial killings in “Dostoyevsky’s Hat” and in Tokyo TAKESHI MINARU the brightest detective around. YURI and MINARU are vastly different personalties and find it hard to work together. In addition to the killings the twin’s confidante KOLSKY believes that OLEG and HARUKO have been given the account numbers of the twins billions and he too follows them across the world to kill them. OLEG and HARUKO quickly meet and make a plan to foil their manhunt. The film then twists and turns with moves and countermoves throughout the chessboard of Harbin in China (With a terrific opium dream scene amongst the Ice sculptures), Russia and Japan in an International man chase complete with misplaced loyalty, war crimes, jealousy, intrigue, love, political and personal betrayal, greed and finally triumph. Throughout the film the Detectives are given information from a mysterious and anonymous blind man who also tells of an evil organization called the TUJHUN similar to the famous ODESSA organization that protected elderly Nazis. A shaman Siberian priest (The same one from Dostoyevsky’s Hat) also appears and presents various clues throughout the film. OLEG and HARUKO are finally caught and the world finds out the reason for the killings and they are tried in an International court where they debate whether they should have let things be and allow God to show justice or should they have killed and sought revenge for their long dead colleagues who died at 16 and never lived life. The Court eventually finds them not guilty. GULAG FLOWERS ends in a mysterious manner when YURI and MINARU take OLEG and HARUKO to find fish at Lake BAIKAL IN Siberia. Just as all seems calm and well and they cast their rods in unison a sniper kills them all except YURI posing the question was it the Government? The Tujhun? Aggrieved businessmen? Or is another gulag guard seeking revenge for his dead comrades? “THE ORLOV DECREE” Detective YURI SOLOKOV is hospitalized after surviving the assassinations in GULAG FLOWERS and reminisces how his involvement began in the three films. The ORLOV Diamond is one of the most highly -prized diamonds in history. The film starts with its formation in the Earths crust and traces its provenance from India as one of a pair of eyes of a Hindu demon statue from where it is first stolen thus putting a curse upon those who steal it forevermore. The diamond turns up in the Kremlin after Count Orlov buys it from an Arab thief for his lover Catherine ‘The Great”. Later it is nearly stolen by Napoleon during the sacking of Moscow with famous consequences. It is now December 1941 and Moscow is under siege by the German Army and many believe the line of defense will fall any day. Stalin and his henchmen order all Kremlin treasures to be transported by train to the Ural Mountains. One such treasure is the Orlov, which Stalin believes will protect Russia from invasion. German Counter intelligence officer Erhard HENSHELL is sent on a covert mission to steal it and bring it back thus depriving Russia of an intrinsic piece of history. HENSHELL is also a highly trained jeweler, and burglar whose only loyalty is to himself. His nemesis is poison specialist and reluctant NKVD operative Pavel PANOV who is sent to Berlin to find the Orlov and kill HENSHELL. Both men are unusual operatives in that they are well read and frequently question the morals and traditions of such a tumultuous time in World history. The film twists and turns with moves and countermoves throughout the chessboard of West and East Berlin over the turbulent decades in an International web of misplaced loyalty, jealousy, intrigue, love, political and personal betrayal, greed and finally triumph. The film has sinister characters and spine-tingling action sequences in The Rhine Valley; Trier; The Oktoberfest and a tremendous motorcycle chase through The Black Forrest. Russian locations include the City and Siberia where again the mysterious Shaman priest appears and gives clues to YURI. HENSHELL and PANOV both finally lose their lives over its quest and it is left to their sons KARL and ILYA to locate the prized Orlov diamond in Berlin. It is now early 1999 and KARL a shrewd Politician tipped for mayor of Berlin wishes to forget his fathers murky past and settle conflicts in a diplomatic manner. ILYA a SVR Intelligence Officer is sent to Berlin to find the diamond, which is to be set upon the new Russian Eagle Crown where it belongs. It is found and then stolen leaving KARL and ILYA with their ambitions in ruins. By chance a drunken policeman YURI SOLOKOV is patrolling Red Square and tackles an Indian Army officer acting with suspicion who has stolen the Orlov, (To return it to its rightful place back in the Hindu God’s eye) and YURI becomes the hero of the day and is then promoted to Detective and sent back to St Petersburg where he is involved in DOSTOEYEVSKY’S HAT and GULAG FLOWERS. THE ORLOV DECREE Checkmates with a brilliant double twist questioning destiny, chance, coincidence, proprietorship and fate.