Katya, a young librarian, believes in love, but her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs, Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya. But then the First Department interferes: the state security services see this relationship as unacceptable for a Soviet woman.
- Created by
- Ilya KhrzhanovskyJekaterina Oertel
- Origin
- GB
- TMDB rating
- 4.3 / 10 · 13 votes
Cast
Alexey TrifonovChief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966)
Ekaterina YuspinaLibrarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
Tatiana PolozhyJournalist; Literary editor of Izvestiya Instituta (The Institute News)- Alexander EfimovJunior research scientist in the mathematical physics laboratory
Teodor CurrentzisDau
Radmila ShegolevaNora
