DAU. Natasha

Story

Synopsis

Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha's world is a small one, split between the demands of the canteen during the day and alcohol fuelled nights with her younger colleague Olga, during which the two confide their hopes of romance and for a different future. At a party one evening Natasha becomes close to a visiting French scientist Luc Bige and the two sleep together. The following day her life takes a dramatic turn when she is summoned to an interrogation by the KGB's General Vladimir Azhippo who questions the nature of her relationship with the foreign guest.

Directors

Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel

Writers

Kora Landau-Drobantseva, Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Language

Russian

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine

Release date

26 August 2021

Ensemble

Cast

• Natalia Berezhnaya

  Natasha

• Olga Shkabarnya

  Olga

• Vladimir Azhippo

  Azhippo

• 

  Alexey Blinov

  Blinov

• Luc Bigé

  Luc

• Alexandr Bozhik

• Anatoly Sidko

  Palych

• Raisa Voloshchuk

• Valery Andreev