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DAU. Katya Tanya

Film

DAU. Katya Tanya

4.3

1h 43m

2020

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.

Director

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Jekaterina Oertel

Drama

soviet unionforbidden lovepromiscuous womanlgbtlibrarianbisexual woman

Cast & Crew

Alexey Trifonov

Alexey Trifonov

as Chief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966)

Ekaterina Yuspina

Ekaterina Yuspina

as Librarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)

Tatiana Polozhy

Tatiana Polozhy

as Journalist; Literary editor of Izvestiya Instituta (The Institute News)

Alexander Efimov

as Junior research scientist in the mathematical physics laboratory

Teodor Currentzis

Teodor Currentzis

as Dau

Radmila Shegoleva

Radmila Shegoleva

as Nora

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