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