Nine Days of One Year (1962)
Overview
Set in the Soviet scientific community, Nine Days of One Year follows two dedicated physicists whose close friendship unfolds amid dangerous nuclear research, shaped by their shared affection for a strong-willed woman. As radiation exposure, scientific ambition, and personal relationships intersect, the film offers a thoughtful, human portrait of scientists confronting the risks of progress and the choices that define their lives.
Cast
Aleksey Batalov
Dmitri Gusev
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Ilya Kulikov
Tatyana Lavrova
Lyolya
Mikhail Kozakov
Valery Ivanovich
Nikolai Plotnikov
Professor Sintsov
Sergei Blinnikov
Butov
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Nikolai Ivanovich
Valentin Nikulin
young physicist
Pavel Shpringfeld
physicist
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Nura, Gusev's younger sister
Andrey Smirnov
tall bearded physicist
Yevgeni Teterin
Surgeon
Zinoviy Gerdt
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