Natasha and Olga work in the canteen of a secret Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute’s employees, scientists and foreign guests, like Luc Bigé. Natasha begins an affair with him, but the secret service, headed by Vladimir Azhippo, intervenes. „DAU. Natasha“ a radical form of cinema that moves between fiction and reality.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 25 min.
- Country, year
- Germany, Ukraine, Russia, United Kingdom, 2020
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Russian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N-18
Credits
- Director
- Ilja Chržanovskij, Jekaterina Oertel
- Screenplay
- Ilja Chržanovskij, Jekaterina Oertel
- Producers
- Sergey Adonyev
- Cinematography
- Jürgen Jürges
- Cast
- Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov, Luc Bigé
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Director
Ilja Chržanovskij
Ilya Khrzhanovskiy graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1998. His debut film, „4“, won a Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He began work on DAU, a multi-disciplinary project at the intersection of cinema, art and anthropology, in 2006
Director
Jekaterina Oertel
Jekaterina Oertel studied at the Film and Theatre School in Moscow and worked as a freelance make-up artist on numerous films and television productions. She has been involved in the DAU project since 2008 as a make-up and hair designer as well as a director during editing.
