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DAU. Katya Tanya

2020-05-15 · 103 min · ★ 4.1

Drama

Katya, a young librarian, believes in love, but her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs, Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya. But then the First Department interferes: the state security services see this relationship as unacceptable for a Soviet woman.

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Directors
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel
Production companies
Phenomen Films, Phenomen Berlin, Phenomen Ukraine
Countries
United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Ukraine
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alexey TrifonovAlexey TrifonovChief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966)
Ekaterina YuspinaEkaterina YuspinaLibrarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
Tatiana PolozhyTatiana PolozhyJournalist; Literary editor of Izvestiya Instituta (The Institute News)
Alexander EfimovJunior research scientist in the mathematical physics laboratory
Teodor CurrentzisTeodor CurrentzisDau
Radmila ShegolevaRadmila ShegolevaNora

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