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DAU. Cinema

2020-04-24 · 330 min · ★ 4.0

Drama · History

An ongoing experiment, evolving from a biopic about Soviet physicist Lev Landau into a large scale project – part cinematic cycle, part behavioral experiment – involving hundreds of participants from around the world. Combining elements of film, theatre, science, psychology, architecture, visual arts and performance, it has created a complex and absorbing world that has to be lived as much as seen.

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Production details

Directors
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Production companies
Essential Filmproduktion, Phenomen Films, ARTE France Cinéma, WDR, Plattform Produktion, Coproduction Office, Film i Väst, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Hubert Bals Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Eurimages, Svenska Filminstitutet
Countries
Denmark, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
Status
Released
Budget
USD 10,000,000

Top Cast

Teodor CurrentzisTeodor CurrentzisDau
Radmila ShegolevaRadmila ShegolevaNora
Lidiya ShchogolyevaLidiya
Oleg GarkushaOleg GarkushaDaniil Kharms
Yuriy AlekseevDau
Denis KrasnoshapkoDenis (infant)
Igor PisarenkoDenis (3 years)
Ivan RozumeikoDenis (7 years)
Nikolay VoronovDenis (17–19 years)
Peter SellarsPeter SellarsSelf
Maria NafpliotouMaria NafpliotouMaria
Irena KarpaIrena KarpaIrena
Victoria SkitskayaVictoria SkitskayaVika
Fyodor SofronovSofronov

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