DAU
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Inspired by the physicists who built the Soviet atomic bomb, the film DAU follows a brilliant Greek-born physicist from 1928 through four tumultuous decades in the USSR. Driven to uncover the laws of the universe, the idealistic Dau is drawn into state service to help create one of history’s deadliest weapons. Inside a secret research institute, life is governed by scientific ambition, power, surveillance and privilege. As his autonomy erodes, Dau seeks freedom beyond his marriage through a succession of affairs, gradually losing both himself and his capacity to love. At once an intimate portrait of a man in pursuit of happiness and freedom and a vast fresco of a society founded on violence and ideology, DAU traces the small compromises that shape a life and alter the course of history.
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Part of DAU Cinema
15 films
DAU. Degeneration
Movie · 2020
DAU. Three Days
Movie · 2020
DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son
Movie · 2020
DAU. Brave People
Movie · 2020
DAU. String Theory
Movie · 2020
DAU. Nikita Tanya
Movie · 2020
DAU. Katya Tanya
Movie · 2020
DAU. New Man
Movie · 2020
DAU. Sasha Valera
Movie · 2020
DAU. Conformists
Movie · 2020
DAU. Nora Son
Movie · 2020
DAU. Nora Mother
Movie · 2020
DAU. Natasha
Movie · 2021
DAU
Movie · 2026
DAU. Regeneration
Movie
Cast
30 people
Teodor Currentzis
Dau
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DAU. Cinema
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Radmila Shegoleva
Nora
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The White Suit
DAU. Cinema
Anatoly Vasiliev
Anatoly Krupitsa
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The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks
Who Left the Light…
Vladimir Azhippo
Azhippo
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Third Generation
Dmitri Tcherniakov
Dmitry Cheglakov
Demyan Kudryavstev
Maria Nafpliotou
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Cartes Postales from Greece
The Throne Room
Ekaterina Andreeva
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Star
Spawn of Hell
Viktorija Skyc'ka
Konstantin Lešan
Ekaterina Pačkovskaja
Ilya Khrzhanovsky Director · Susanne Marian Writer Vladimir Sorokin Writer
Director Writer
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Writer
Susanne Marian
Writer
Vladimir Sorokin
Cinematographer
Jürgen Jürges
Cinematographer
Manuel Alberto Claro
Cinematographer
Lol Crawley
Editor
Rob Myers
Editor
Ilya Permyakov
Production designer
Olga Gurevich
Production designer
Denis Shibanov
Production designer
Boris Shapovalov
Costume designer
Aleksandra Smolina-Rozanova
Costume designer
Alexandra Timofeeva
Costume designer
Lyubov Mingazitinova
First release September 9, 2026 · Produced in Germany, France, Sweden, Russia · Languages English, Greek, Russian
Production
Société Parisienne de Production
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Phenomen Berlin
Production
Essential Filmproduktion
Production
Plattform Produktion
Production
WDR
Production
Germany · France · Sweden · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
English · Greek · Russian
Release dates
Italy · September 9, 2026
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Viennale
Brazil
October 5, 2026 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Japan
October 29, 2026 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
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