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DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son
First aired on May 4, 2020
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Genres: Drama

«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!

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Anatoly Vasiliev | Anatoly Krupitsa, Director of the Institute (1938-1952)
Teodor Currentzis | Dau
Inna Schorr | Krupitsa's secretary
Mikhail Fikhtengolts | Dau's friend, inspector
Vyacheslav Kolyus | Viktor, Window Cleaner
Nikolai Gubarev | Skittles Instructor
Featured Crew
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Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Director
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Anatoly Vasiliev | Director
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Alexey Slyusarchuk | Sound Editor
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Denis Shibanov | Production Design
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Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography
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Sergey Adonyev | Producer