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

MOVIE • 2020

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

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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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Anatoly Vasiliev

Anatoly Vasiliev

Anatoly Krupitsa, Director of the Institute (1938-1952)

Teodor Currentzis

Teodor Currentzis

Dau

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Inna Schorr

Krupitsa's secretary

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Mikhail Fikhtengolts

Dau's friend, inspector

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Vyacheslav Kolyus

Viktor, Window Cleaner

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Nikolai Gubarev

Skittles Instructor

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Denis Shibanov

Production Design

Alexey Slyusarchuk

Alexey Slyusarchuk

Sound Editor

Jürgen Jürges

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Director

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Sergey Adonyev

Producer

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Maksym Demydenko

Sound

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Zakhar Semirkhanov

Sound

Jekaterina Oertel

Jekaterina Oertel

Makeup & Hair

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Theatrical release date: May 4, 2020

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Film

Status

Released

Release

May 4, 2020

Runtime

132 min

Language

Russian

Origin

United Kingdom

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