DAU. Three Days (2020)
It is 1956. Dau is a distinguished Soviet scientist who meets up with the love of his youth – Maria, a Greek actress – during her three day visit to Moscow. They haven’t seen each other for 25 years. Dau is a successful and prosperous scientist, but feels excruciatingly dissatisfied with his family life. Through Maria he hopes to regain lost harmony and beauty, but reality intrudes when Nora, Dau’s wife, returns home.
Directors:
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel.
Writers:
Jekaterina Oertel, Ilya Khrzhanovsky.
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Teodor Currentzis as Dau |
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Maria Nafpliotou as Maria |
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Radmila Shegoleva as Nora |
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Alexey Trifonov as Trifonov, Dau’s friend |
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Ekaterina Andreeva as Dau’s prospective maid |
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Anastasiya Kolesnikova as Dau’s prospective maid |
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Anna Volkova as Dau’s prospective maid |
| Directing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Director |
| Directing | Jekaterina Oertel | Director |
| Editing | Hoping Chen | Editor |
| Writing | Jekaterina Oertel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Screenplay |
| Production | Sergey Adonyev | Producer |
| Art | Denis Shibanov | Production Design |
| Sound | Maksym Demydenko | Sound |
| Sound | Rob Walker | Sound |
| Sound | Stefan Smith | Sound |
| Sound | Michele Braga | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Tsvetkova | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyubov Mingazitinova | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Bekritskaya | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Bekritskaya | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jekaterina Oertel | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |