Released:
2020-05-15

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Alexey Trifonov
  as
  Chief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966)
• 
  Ekaterina Yuspina
  as
  Librarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
• 
  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
  as
  Dau