DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son

DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son

132 mins | Drama | May 4, 2020

«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!

DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son

132 mins | Drama | May 4, 2020

DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son
«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!
Producers Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions (DE), Phenomen Films, Phenomen Ukraine
Original title DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return of the Prodigal Son
Directors Anatoly Vasiliev, Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Writers Anatoly Vasiliev, Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Cast

Anatoly Vasiliev

as Anatoly Krupitsa, Director of the Institute (1938-1952)

Inna Schorr

as Krupitsa's secretary

Mikhail Fikhtengolts

as Dau's friend, inspector

Vyacheslav Kolyus

as Viktor, Window Cleaner

Nikolai Gubarev

as Skittles Instructor