Two scientists grow old and weary together in a secret Soviet Institute, their unconventional friendship the only consistency in a lifetime of personal and professional disappointments.
Alexey Blinov
Head of the Experimental Department
Maria Shtilmark
Interpreter
Irina Titova
Senior assistant in the spatial fluctuations research laboratory
Fyodor Sofronov
Head of the Acoustic Research laboratory
Alina Alekseeva
Assistant to the Head of the Experimental Department
Olga Shkabarnya
Waitress; Head of the café (1952-1960)
