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DAU. New Man
Maxim and his comrades-in-arms are participating in top-secret experiments into the creation of a new man. The employees of the secret Institute are characterised by everything Maxim detests: alcoholism, depravity, weak will, loss of ideals, and lack of faith in the future. Vika, one of the waitresses in the Institute's cafeteria, falls in love with the young communist, though she is scared by his fascination with eugenics and his violent tendencies. Vika hopes that her passion and tenderness will soften Maxim, while the state security agents keep a watchful eye on their developing relationship.
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Maxim and his comrades-in-arms are participating in top-secret experiments into the creation of a new man. The employees of the secret Institute are characterised by everything Maxim detests: alcoholism, depravity, weak will, loss of ideals, and lack of faith in the future. Vika, one of the waitresses in the Institute's cafeteria, falls in love with the young communist, though she is scared by his fascination with eugenics and his violent tendencies. Vika hopes that her passion and tenderness will soften Maxim, while the state security agents keep a watchful eye on their developing relationship.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Ilya Permyakov
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Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions (DE), Phenomen Ukraine, Phenomen Films
Cast
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Ilya Permyakov
Director
Maxim Martsinkevich
Member of a special experimental group commissioned by the KGB and the Council of Ministers
Vladimir Azhippo
MGB/KGB investigation officer
Alexey Blinov
Head of the Experimental Department
Andrey Chuenkov
Member of a special experimental group commissioned by the KGB and the Council of Ministers
Victoria Skitskaya
Waitress
Alexey Kasich
Member of a special experimental group commissioned by the KGB and the Council of Ministers
Alina Alekseeva
Assistant to the Head of the Experimental Department
Dmitry Kaledin
Head of the Mathematical Physics Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Institute
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