Soviet physicist Lev Landau was sent to prison for openly criticising Stalin, only later to be released to help develop the Soviet thermonuclear bomb.

Prod companies:Essential Filmproduktion (Germany), Phenomen Films (Russia), Société Parisienne de Production (France), Plattform Production (Sweden)

Backers:tba

Producers: Susanne Marian, Artem Vasiliev, Philippe Bober, Erik Hemmendorff

Intl sales: Coproduction Office 

Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Screenplay:Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Vladimir Sorokin

DoP: Jürgen Jürges

Production Design: Denis Shibanov    

Art Director:tba

Cast: Theodoros Kourentzis, Radmila Shchogolieva

Locations: Kharkov, Ukraine; Moscow, Russia; Göteborg,Sweden

Shooting from when until when: Oct. 20, 2008–winter 2009

Contact: Susanne Marian, Essential Filmproduktion, (49) 30 3277 7879

Status: In Production

 

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