Jekaterina Oertel

Natasha works in the canteen of a secret Soviet research institute. She drinks a lot, likes to talk about love and embarks on an affair. State security intervenes. A tale of violence that is as radical as it is provocative.

Once just a girl from the provinces, Nora is now married to a successful scientist and lives together with her family within the confines of a secret and privileged Moscow institute. Nora is visited by her mother for the first time since her wedding. Her mother closely observes the atmosphere within the couple's home, trying to work out whether her daughter is happy. During the course of their intimate conversations the complexity of their contradictory relationship is revealed. (imdb)

It is 1956. Dau is a distinguished Soviet scientist who meets up with the love of his youth - Maria, a Greek actress - during her three day visit to Moscow. They haven't seen each other for 25 years. He is a successful and prosperous scientist now, but feels excruciatingly dissatisfied with his family life. Through her he hopes to regain lost harmony and beauty, but reality intrudes when Nora, his wife, returns home. (imdb)

Within the top secret Institute of Physics Problems, the scientist Nikita Nekrasov is visited by his wife and small children. While away from his family the physicist has managed to fall in love with other women. In open conversations with his spouse - in the bedroom, the dining room, and while out walking - he attempts to convince her of the legitimacy of polygamous relationships, and to test the limits of her unconditional love. (imdb)

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. (imdb)