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.
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- 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
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- Ilya KhrzhanovskyDirector
- Jekaterina OertelDirector
- Ilya KhrzhanovskyScreenplay
- Jekaterina OertelScreenplay
- Jürgen JürgesDirector of Photography
- Maya MaffioliEditor
- Sergey AdonyevProducer
- Ilya KhrzhanovskyProducer
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