HARDER. When Anton was put to the test, he stumbled badly. He was instantly doomed to this whirlwind of pain. Stripped naked, every exposed inch of his body – back, ass, thighs and feet – is open to attack. A torrent of blows is swung with vigour and with pleasure by Vitya, Roman and the Master, acting both singly and in tandem. The sentence is 400 laid blows of strap, cane and flogger. Anton becomes a living writhing spectacle of crimson red flesh that even the inquisition would relish.