Sakharov. Two Lives

Sakharov. Two Lives

119 mins | Drama, Documentary, History | May 21, 2021

Avenue, university and even an asteroid bear his name. Academician Sakharov is known all over the world: someone as the creator of the hydrogen bomb, someone as an outstanding public figure and human rights activist. All his life Andrei Sakharov lived between two fires - science and humanism - and this dualism formed the basis of the film. The picture will show the scientist as he saw himself, through his dialogues with the Conscience.

Sakharov. Two Lives

119 mins | Drama, Documentary, History | May 21, 2021

Sakharov. Two Lives
Avenue, university and even an asteroid bear his name. Academician Sakharov is known all over the world: someone as the creator of the hydrogen bomb, someone as an outstanding public figure and human rights activist. All his life Andrei Sakharov lived between two fires - science and humanism - and this dualism formed the basis of the film. The picture will show the scientist as he saw himself, through his dialogues with the Conscience.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Amur Waves, MTS Media
Original title Сахаров. Две жизни
Directors Ivan Proskuryakov
Writers Natalya Isakova, Igor Mishin, Roman Super

Cast

Alexey Usoltsev

as Sakharov

Chulpan Khamatova

as Sakharov's conscience

Agata Super

as girl

Andrey Sakharov

as self (archival footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

as self (archival footage)