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It is 1953, Stalin has just died. It is a troubled and uncertain period for the whole of the Soviet Union, particularly for the state security services. In the Institute, a secret research facility, the scientists continue their theoretical and experimental work. Every night they strain their ears to listen for footsteps in the dark corridors: who have they come for this time? Who has reported on who? Having survived the fear and humiliation of an interrogation, the Head of the Theoretical Department, Andrei Losev, refuses to cooperate with the security services, only to face a new ordeal back in his own home.
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It is 1953, Stalin has just died. It is a troubled and uncertain period for the whole of the Soviet Union, particularly for the state security services. In the Institute, a secret research facility, the scientists continue their theoretical and experimental work. Every night they strain their ears to listen for footsteps in the dark corridors: who have they come for this time? Who has reported on who? Having survived the fear and humiliation of an interrogation, the Head of the Theoretical Department, Andrei Losev, refuses to cooperate with the security services, only to face a new ordeal back in his own home.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Ilya Khrzhanovsky
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Runtime:153 minutes
Studio:Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions (DE), Phenomen Ukraine, Phenomen Films
Cast
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Alexey Slyusarchuk
Director
Andrey Losev
Head of the Quantum Theory Laboratory
Alexey Blinov
Head of the Experimental Department
Pavel Gordienko
Head of the Institute Special Administration Department (KGB)
Darya Berzhitskaya
Junior research scientist: biochemistry laboratory
Irina Titova
Senior assistant in the spatial fluctuations research laboratory
Vladimir Yermolenko
Deputy Director of Safety and Regulations
Olga Shkabarnya
Waitress; Head of the café (1952-1960)
Dmitry Kaledin
Head of the Mathematical Physics Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Institute (1953-1956); Director of the Institute (1956-1960)
Nikita Nekrasov
Leading scientist and researcher at the Institute
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