
Nikita Nekrasov is a scientist, a theoretical physicist who studies our world and other possible worlds. He refuses to make a choice between mathematics and physics, between one woman and another, as he ponders the existence of the multi-universe. At scientific conferences, attended by eminent foreign scientists and a rising younger generation of physicists alike, Nekrasov gets carried away debating the beauty of string theory. He attempts to explain to all of his women – Katya, the librarian, Zoya, the scientific secretary, Svetalana, the head of department – about the theory of his own polygamy, and the possibility of having enough feelings to satisfy everyone.
Cast

Ekaterina Yuspina
Librarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953)
Svetlana Dragayeva
Head of the A [Λ] department

Nikita Nekrasov
Leading scientist and researcher at the Institute

Zoya Popova
Foreign Specialists Assistant (1941-1949); Academic Registrar (1949-1968)

Alexey Blinov
Head of the Experimental Department

Teodor Currentzis
Dau

Dmitry Kaledin
Kaledin
Crew

Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Alexey Slyusarchuk
Director, Screenplay, Editor

Jürgen Jürges
Director of Photography
Alexandra Timofeeva
Executive Producer
Svetlana Dragayeva
Executive Producer, Co-Producer
Sergey Adonyev
Producer
Ksenia Gorenstein
Associate Producer
Susanne Marian
Co-Producer
Christina Voloshina
Co-Producer

Philippe Bober
Co-Producer
Denis Shibanov
Production Design
Asya Smekalova
Casting
Inna Schorr
Casting
Lyubov Mingazitinova
Costume Design
Olga Bekritskaya
Costume Design
Elena Bekritskaya
Costume Design
Irina Tsvetkova
Costume Design

Jekaterina Oertel
Makeup & Hair
Maksym Demydenko
Sound

Rob Walker
Sound

Stefan Smith
Sound
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