- Country: Russia, Germany, Sweden
- Genre: drama, biography
- Producer: I. Khrzhanovsky
- World premiere: 27 april 2018
- Starring: T. Currentzis, R. Schegoleva, M. Brodsky, D. Gordon, L. Chernovetskiy, M. Kuzmenko, S. Oskolkov, N. Shufrich, T. Vinokurova, L. Fedorov and others.
- Duration: 330 minutes
The experimental film "Dau" is a real long-term construction by director Ilya Khrzhanovsky, in which he tried for many years to recreate the spirit of the USSR. The project never received a rental certificate. But, according to the latest news, based on the words of Vladimir Medinsky, some episodes of the film may be shown in online cinemas in 2020. Watch the trailer for Dow (2018) with a possible release date in 2020, the cast, plot, footage and production facts are already known.
Expectations rating - 92%.
Plot
The life story of Lev Landau - a brilliant Soviet physicist and progenitor of the nuclear bomb, laureate of the Nobel, Lenin and three Stalin prizes.
Production
The director's post is occupied by Ilya Khrzhanovsky ("Stop", "4", "Bed scenes", "List of lovers of the Russian Federation"), who also participated in writing the script and producing.
Film crew:
- Screenplay: Vladimir Sorokin (Target, Kopeyka), I. Khrzhanovsky, K. Landau-Drobantseva;
- Producers: Philip Bober ("Noah - White Crow", "Entrance to the Void"), I. Khrzhanovsky, Artem Vasiliev ("Sentimental Journey to the Homeland"), etc .;
- DOPs: Manuel Alberto Claro (Nymphomaniac: Part 1), Jürgen Jurges (Fear Eats the Soul), Lol Crowley;
- Artists: Denis Shibanov ("Everyone will die, but I will stay"), Alexander Mordovin ("Major").
Most of the scenes were filmed in Kharkov, where Lev Landau worked before the outbreak of hostilities.
Studios:
- arte France Cinéma.
- Coproduction Office.
- Essential Filmproduktion GmbH.
- Film i Väst.
- Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe.
- Hubert Bals Fund.
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
- Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM).
- Phenomen Films.
- Plattform Produktion.
- Swedish Film Institute.
- Ukrainian State Film Agency.
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
Work on the film has been going on for over 10 years, production began in 2006, and the filming process - in 2008. Filming ended in 2011. Location: Baku, Kharkov, Moscow, London, Copenhagen.
Cast
The film starred:
Facts
Interesting that:
- The film contains references to the 1950 crime drama Rashômon.
- Slogan: "Experiment is ongoing".
- Painting budget: $ 10 million
- The filming was attended by Nikolai Voronov, the author-performer of the song "White Dragonfly of Love", which many consider a freak.
- The scandals around the film began due to high staff turnover. Many dismissed and resigned actors, invited famous personalities and members of the film crew complained about the violation of financial agreements, psychological pressure and rudeness from the creators of the project.
- The film was originally supposed to premiere at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. But then the director received a ban from the city authorities to carry out an art project, according to which it was planned to recreate the Berlin Wall and simultaneously show a series of Dau films. The installation was called “Dow. Freedom".
- The official premiere took place in Paris at the beginning of 2019 as part of a specially organized exhibition.
- Initially, the script for the film was ordered from the writer Vladimir Sorokin, but later the director decided to move away from him and embark on a real experiment. Khrzhanovsky, together with the film crew, tried to recreate the atmosphere of the Soviet 1930s and 1960s on the set, while the technical staff, extras and actors brushed their teeth with Soviet tooth powder, ate typical food for that time and wore certain clothes. And the outside world could go out after hours. The Kharkiv pavilion itself on the set was equipped with hidden cameras and microphones, because the director approaches the filming process very fanatically.
- In November 2019, the creators of the picture were denied by the Ministry of Culture to obtain a rental certificate. In 4 episodes, pornography propaganda was found: “Dow. Natasha "," Dow. A new man ”,“ Dow. Nora Son "," Dow. Sasha Valera ". According to Interfax in January 2020, the creators intend to sue the Ministry of Culture and challenge this decision.
It is unknown if the movie "Dow" (2018) received an official release date in 2020, but the 7-minute trailer is already available for viewing, the actors and the plot are also known.