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DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son

May 4, 2020 · 2h 12m
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«The Return of the Prodigal Son» is the first volume from the film (novel) of Anatoli Vassiliev’s «Empire» inside the Dau cycle. The story is about inner kinship, which is much closer than blood, about inevitable betrayal, about almost fatherly love and forgiveness. Cigarettes (papirossa), images from «Faust» and «Don Juan», walks in the Soviet Park of culture... And a terrible, narrow gap inside the brutal regime where you have to be skilled enough to survive... Yes! and they also play gorodki (skittles) with childish passion!

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CAST

Anatoly Vasiliev
Anatoly Krupitsa, Director of the Institute (1938-1952)
Teodor Currentzis
Dau
Inna Schorr
Krupitsa's secretary
Mikhail Fikhtengolts
Dau's friend, inspector
Vyacheslav Kolyus
Viktor, Window Cleaner
Nikolai Gubarev
Skittles Instructor
Directed by Anatoly Vasiliev

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Status
Released
Original language
RU
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Phenomen Berlin, Phenomen Ukraine, Phenomen Films
Country
RU

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