DAU. Natasha (2020)
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.
Writer:
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
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Natalia Berezhnaya as Natasha |
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Olga Shkabarnya as Olga |
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Vladimir Azhippo as Azhippo |
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Alexey Blinov as Blinov |
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Luc Bigé as Luc |
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Alexandr Bozhik as |
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Anatoly Sidko as Palych |
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Raisa Voloshchuk as |
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Valery Andreev as |
| Directing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Director |
| Directing | Jekaterina Oertel | Director |
| Sound | Maksim Demydenko | Sound |
| Sound | Rob Walker | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Stefan Smith | Sound Designer |
| Art | Denis Shibanov | Production Design |
| Editing | Brand Thumim | Editor |
| Production | Asya Smekalova | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Bekritskaya | Costume Designer |
| Production | Alexandra Timofeeva | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyubov Mingazitinova | Costume Designer |
| Production | Sergey Adonyev | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Tsvetkova | Costume Designer |
| Production | Svetlana Dragayeva | Co-Producer |
| Production | Susanne Marian | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jekaterina Oertel | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Vera Levchenko | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Bekritskaya | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Inna Schorr | Assistant Director |
| Production | Inna Schorr | Casting |
| Production | Dasha Sherman | Post Production Producer |
| Production | Artem Vasilyev | Producer |
| Writing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alex Joseph | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Borys Peter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Anna Sulley | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Kora Landau-Drobantseva | Book |
| Production | Philippe Bober | Producer |
| Sound | Andy Walker | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Christodoulos Procopiou | Sound Editor |
| Production | Anastasia Smekalova | Casting |