DAU. Degeneration (2020): Cast & Plot
DAU. Degeneration is a 2020 horror thriller directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov, starring Vladimir Azhippo as Secret Services Curator, Alexey Blinov and Dmitry Kaledin. It runs 6 hours 9 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 6h 9m (369 min)
- Directors
- Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov
- Original language
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Russian - Studio
- Phenomen Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is DAU. Degeneration About?
The premise of DAU. Degeneration without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A clandestine Soviet Institute engages in disturbing scientific and occult experiments, attempting to create the ideal human being through trials on animals and people. Amidst the unethical research, a corrupt KGB general and his staff ignore the director's scandalous affairs and the scientists’ debauched behavior. The situation escalates when an extremist right-wing group infiltrates the laboratory disguised as test subjects. Their mission: to purge the institute's decaying elements and potentially dismantle the world of secretive Soviet science.
DAU. Degeneration Cast & Characters
Vladimir Azhippo leads the cast as Secret Services Curator, with Alexey Blinov as Head of the Experimental Department and Dmitry Kaledin as Head of the Theoretical Department. Directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov; 16 actors are credited in all.
- Co-director Ilya Khrzhanovsky
- Co-director Ilya Permyakov
- Vladimir Azhippo as Secret Services Curator
- Alexey Blinov as Head of the Experimental Department
- Dmitry Kaledin as Head of the Theoretical Department
- Maxim Martsinkevich as Head of the Experimental Group
Also Starring in DAU. Degeneration
· 12 more- Marina Abramović
- Alina Alekseeva
- Victoria Skitskaya Waitress of the Institute cafe
- Olga Shkabarnya Kaledin's wife
- Zoya Popova
- Nikolay Voronov Denis, son of Dau and Nora
- Nikita Nekrasov
- Alexey Trifonov
- Kristina Babich Librarian
- Romeo Castellucci
- Adin Steinsaltz
- Kristina Voloschina
More from Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov
More films directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov: DAU. New Man, DAU. Katya Tanya, DAU. Nikita Tanya and DAU. String Theory.
DAU. Degeneration Plot Summary
What happens in DAU. Degeneration from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Set between 1966 and 1968, the film follows the twilight years of a secret Soviet scientific institute where boundary-pushing experiments in science and mysticism unravel into chaos. After the incapacitation of Lev Landau, the institute’s previously renowned chief scientist, the stern and authoritarian KGB general, Vladimir Azhippo, takes control as director. Under his rule, he clamps down on the institute’s permissive culture, halting the debauched behavior that marked the old regime and curbing the abuses that had gone unchecked. Yet the institute remains a place of strange and unsettling activity, where experiments on animals, humans, and even infants pursue the limits of knowledge and creation, often at the edge of what is scientifically acceptable and ethically defensible.
Full summary
The whole story of DAU. Degeneration, scene by scene
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DAU. Degeneration Also Known As
7 alternative titles, including “Dau. Degeneratsia” and “DAU. Degeneratsiya”.
- Also known as
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- Dau. Degeneratsia
- DAU. Degeneratsiya
- ДАУ. Вырождение
- ДАУ. Дегенерация
- 列夫·朗道：退变
- 다우 디제너레이션
- DAU：退變
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DAU. Degeneration FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of DAU. Degeneration, each answered in a sentence.
How long is DAU. Degeneration?
DAU. Degeneration runs 6 hours 9 minutes (369 minutes).
When was DAU. Degeneration released?
DAU. Degeneration was released on February 28, 2020.
Who directed DAU. Degeneration?
DAU. Degeneration was directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov.
More films by Ilya Khrzhanovsky Who is in the cast of DAU. Degeneration?
DAU. Degeneration stars Vladimir Azhippo as Secret Services Curator, Alexey Blinov as Head of the Experimental Department and Dmitry Kaledin as Head of the Theoretical Department, among 16 credited actors.
Does DAU. Degeneration have a post-credit scene?
No. DAU. Degeneration has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is DAU. Degeneration in?
The original language of DAU. Degeneration is Russian.
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