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:
Jekaterina Oertel, Ilya Khrzhanovsky.
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 |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Jekaterina Oertel | Director |
| Sound | Stefan Smith | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Rob Walker | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Bekritskaya | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Director |
| Sound | Maksim Demydenko | Sound |
| Directing | Vera Levchenko | Assistant Director |
| Art | Denis Shibanov | Production Design |
| Production | Svetlana Dragayeva | Co-Producer |
| Production | Asya Smekalova | Casting |
| Editing | Brand Thumim | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Tsvetkova | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyubov Mingazitinova | Costume Designer |
| Production | Susanne Marian | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jekaterina Oertel | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alexandra Timofeeva | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Bekritskaya | Costume Designer |
| Production | Sergey Adonyev | Producer |
| Production | Inna Schorr | Casting |
| Directing | Inna Schorr | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Andy Walker | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Screenplay |
| Production | Philippe Bober | Producer |
| Sound | Anna Sulley | Sound Editor |
| Production | Artem Vasilyev | Producer |
| Writing | Kora Landau-Drobantseva | Book |
| Sound | Alex Joseph | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Borys Peter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Dasha Sherman | Post Production Producer |
| Sound | Christodoulos Procopiou | Sound Editor |
| Production | Anastasia Smekalova | Casting |