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!
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 1.028 |
Directed By
Anatoly Vasiliev
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Crew
Denis Shibanov
Anatoly Vasiliev
Alexey Slyusarchuk
Jürgen Jürges
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Anatoly Vasiliev
Sergey Adonyev
Maksym Demydenko
Zakhar Semirkhanov
Jekaterina Oertel
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Rob Walker
Asya Smekalova
Stefan Smith
Inna Schorr
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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