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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.
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Release Date
- May 15, 2020
- Languages
- Russian
- Director
- Production
- Production Countries
- United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Ukraine
Cast
Alexey Trifonov
Chief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966)

Ekaterina Yuspina
Librarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
Tatiana Polozhy
Journalist; Literary editor of Izvestiya Instituta (The Institute News)
Alexander Efimov
Junior research scientist in the mathematical physics laboratory

Teodor Currentzis
Dau

Radmila Shegoleva
Nora