DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son

«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!

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Anatoly Vasiliev

Anatoly Krupitsa, Director of the Institute (1938-1952)

Inna Schorr

Krupitsa's secretary

Mikhail Fikhtengolts

Dau's friend, inspector

Vyacheslav Kolyus

Viktor, Window Cleaner

Nikolai Gubarev

Skittles Instructor

Art

Denis Shibanov

Production Design

Camera

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jekaterina Oertel

Makeup & Hair

Directing

Production

Sergey Adonyev

Producer

Inna Schorr

Casting

Writing

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Screenplay

Anatoly Vasiliev

Screenplay

Art

Denis Shibanov

Production Design

Camera

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jekaterina Oertel

Makeup & Hair

Directing

Production

Sergey Adonyev

Producer

Inna Schorr

Casting

Writing

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Screenplay

Anatoly Vasiliev

Screenplay