TMDB Score
4.3/10
Popularity
2
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"A masterpiece of visual storytelling that pushes the boundaries of the medium. This film is a 43% match for your taste."
Synopsis
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.
Top Cast
Alexey Trifonov
Chief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966)
Ekaterina Yuspina
Librarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
Tatiana Polozhy
Journalist; Literary editor of Izvestiya Instituta (The Institute News)
Alexander Efimov
Junior research scientist in the mathematical physics laboratory
Teodor Currentzis
Dau
Radmila Shegoleva
Nora
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Quick Facts
Director
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Language
RU
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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