Nine Days of One Year (1962)

6.7/10 109 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Aleksey Batalov

Dmitri Gusev

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Ilya Kulikov

Tatyana Lavrova

Lyolya

Mikhail Kozakov

Valery Ivanovich

Nikolai Plotnikov

Professor Sintsov

Sergei Blinnikov

Butov

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Nikolai Ivanovich

Valentin Nikulin

young physicist

Pavel Shpringfeld

physicist

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Nura, Gusev's younger sister

Andrey Smirnov

tall bearded physicist

Yevgeni Teterin

Surgeon

Zinoviy Gerdt

Narrator (voice)

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