Nine Days of One Year (1962)
Set in the Soviet scientific community, Nine Days of One Year follows two dedicated physicists whose close friendship unfolds amid dangerous nuclear research, shaped by their shared affection for a strong-willed woman. As radiation exposure, scientific ambition, and personal relationships intersect, the film offers a thoughtful, human portrait of scientists confronting the risks of progress and the choices that define their lives.
Director: Mikhail Romm
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Aleksey Batalov as Dmitri Gusev |
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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Ilya Kulikov |
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Tatyana Lavrova as Lyolya |
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Mikhail Kozakov as Valery Ivanovich |
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Nikolai Plotnikov as Professor Sintsov |
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Sergei Blinnikov as Butov |
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Evgeniy Evstigneev as Nikolai Ivanovich |
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Valentin Nikulin as young physicist |
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Pavel Shpringfeld as physicist |
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Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as Nura, Gusev's younger sister |
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Andrey Smirnov as tall bearded physicist |
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Yevgeni Teterin as Surgeon |
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Zinoviy Gerdt as Narrator (voice) |
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Viktor Lazarev as Guest at the wedding |
| Directing | Mikhail Romm | Director |
| Writing | Daniil Khrabrovitsky | Writer |
| Writing | Mikhail Romm | Writer |
| Editing | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya | Editor |
| Sound | Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | German Lavrov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Georgy Kolganov | Production Design |
| Directing | Lev Indenbom | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daniil Khrabrovitsky | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Boris Volsky | Sound Director |
| Writing | Izrail Tsizin | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentina Kiselyova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Fetisov | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Lika Averbakh | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Mkrtchan | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Igor Vakar | Executive Producer |