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DAU. String Theory

Film2020169 min2.8/10 on TMDB

Directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Alexey Slyusarchuk

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Nikita Nekrasov is a scientist, a theoretical physicist who studies our world and other possible worlds. He refuses to make a choice between mathematics and physics, between one woman and another, as he ponders the existence of the multi-universe. At scientific conferences, attended by eminent foreign scientists and a rising younger generation of physicists alike, Nekrasov gets carried away debating the beauty of string theory. He attempts to explain to all of his women – Katya, the librarian, Zoya, the scientific secretary, Svetalana, the head of department – about the theory of his own polygamy, and the possibility of having enough feelings to satisfy everyone.Read moreLess

Nikita Nekrasov is a scientist, a theoretical physicist who studies our world and other possible worlds. He refuses to make a choice between mathematics and physics, between one woman and another, as he ponders the existence of the multi-universe. At scientific conferences, attended by eminent foreign scientists and a rising younger generation of physicists alike, Nekrasov gets carried away debating the beauty of string theory. He attempts to explain to all of his women – Katya, the librarian, Zoya, the scientific secretary, Svetalana, the head of department – about the theory of his own polygamy, and the possibility of having enough feelings to satisfy everyone.

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Nikita Nekrasov is a scientist, a theoretical physicist who studies our world and other possible worlds. He refuses to make a choice between mathematics and physics, between one woman and another, as he ponders the existence of the multi-universe. At scientific conferences, attended by eminent foreign scientists and a rising younger generation of physicists alike, Nekrasov gets carried away debating the beauty of string theory. He attempts to explain to all of his women – Katya, the librarian, Zoya, the scientific secretary, Svetalana, the head of department – about the theory of his own polygamy, and the possibility of having enough feelings to satisfy everyone.

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Cast & crew

Ekaterina YuspinaEkaterina YuspinaLibrarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
Svetlana Dragayeva
Svetlana Dragayeva
Head of the A [Λ] department
Nikita NekrasovNikita NekrasovLeading scientist and researcher at the Institute
Zoya PopovaZoya PopovaForeign Specialists Assistant (1941-1949); Academic Registrar (1949-1968)
Alexey BlinovAlexey BlinovHead of the Experimental Department
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Director of Photography
Jürgen Jürges