Nine Days of One Year
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| Directed by | Mikhail Romm |
| Produced by | Cinematography Ministry of the USSR |
| Written by |
Daniil Khrabrovitsky Mikhail Romm |
| Starring |
Aleksey Batalov Innokenty Smoktunovsky Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev |
| Narrated by | Zinovi Gerdt |
| Music by | Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan |
| Cinematography | German Lavrov |
| Edited by | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya |
| Distributed by |
Mosfilm Artkino Pictures (1964, USA, subtitled) RUSCICO (2004, worldwide, DVD) |
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Release date
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March 5, 1962 |
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Running time
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111 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Nine Days in One Year (Russian: Девять дней одного года) is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white drama film directed by Mikhail Romm about nuclear particle physics, Soviet scientists (physicists) and their relationship. The film is partially based on true events and is one of the most important Soviet films of the 1960s.
The film won the Crystal Globe Award in 1962.
Two young physicists and old friends—the possessed experimentator Dmitri Gusev and the skeptical theoretician-physicist Ilya Kulikov—conduct nuclear studies at a research institute in Siberia. Dmitri leads the research started by his teacher Sintsov who received a deadly dose of radiation in the result of an experiment. Gusev is also irradiated. Doctors warn him that further irradiation might kill him as well. Meanwhile, his friend Ilya and Lyolya, a love interest of Dmitri, have developed a romantic relationship. The enamoured couple is getting prepared for the wedding and looking for an opportunity to inform Dmitri. When they finally meet, Dmitri already suspects Lyolya and Ilya, treating them coldly. Being caught up in self-contradictions, Lyolya tries to understand Dmitri's true feelings for her, only to learn the terrible diagnosis. Realizing that she still loves Dmitri, Lyolya cancels the wedding to Kulikov to get married with Gusev.
Despite the health warnings, Gusev continues with his experiments in fusion power. After a number of failures, he turns to Kulikov for help. Whilst carrying out of the experiment successfully, Gusev receives a new radiation dose. He ties to hide this fact from everyone, including his wife Lyolya who is misinterpreting his sudden isolation, but the truth eventually rises to the surface. The research work is continued by Kulikov. Dmitri's health getting worse, but he decides to fight his illness to the end and agrees to undergo bone marrow transplantation.
The film's working title was 365 days. Mikhail Romm assembled a whole new team of people with whom he had never previously worked before.
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