DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son (2020)
Overview
«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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 4.22 |
Directed By
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Anatoly Vasiliev
Crew
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Anatoly Vasiliev
Alexey Slyusarchuk
Denis Shibanov
Jürgen Jürges
Sergey Adonyev
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Anatoly Vasiliev
Stefan Smith
Jekaterina Oertel
Zakhar Semirkhanov
Maksym Demydenko
Inna Schorr
Rob Walker
Asya Smekalova
TOP CAST
Anatoly Vasiliev
Anatoly Krupitsa, Director of the Institute (1938-1952)
Inna Schorr
Krupitsa's secretary
Mikhail Fikhtengolts
Dau's friend, inspector
Vyacheslav Kolyus
Viktor, Window Cleaner
Nikolai Gubarev
Skittles Instructor
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