DAU. Brave People (2020)

4.8/10 • 153 min • Drama

Overview

It is 1953, Stalin has just died. It is a troubled and uncertain period for the whole of the Soviet Union, particularly for the state security services. In the Institute, a secret research facility, the scientists continue their theoretical and experimental work. Every night they strain their ears to listen for footsteps in the dark corridors: who have they come for this time? Who has reported on who? Having survived the fear and humiliation of an interrogation, the Head of the Theoretical Department, Andrei Losev, refuses to cooperate with the security services, only to face a new ordeal back in his own home.

Cast

Andrey Losev

Head of the Quantum Theory Laboratory

Alexey Blinov

Head of the Experimental Department

Darya Berzhitskaya

Junior research scientist: biochemistry laboratory

Olga Shkabarnya

Waitress; Head of the café (1952-1960)

Dmitry Kaledin

Head of the Mathematical Physics Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Institute (1953-1956); Director of the Institute (1956-1960)

Nikita Nekrasov

Leading scientist and researcher at the Institute

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