The film tells about the fate of the famous physicist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Academician Andrei Sakharov. The film refers to previously unpublished declassified materials from the archives of the KGB of the USSR and the Central Committee of the CPSU as well as video recordings of the KGB of the USSR made during exile in the city of Gorky, memories of friends, and Sakharov himself. From the film, the viewer learns not only a lot about the fate of Academician Sakharov, but also about how the hydrogen bomb works and how it differs from the atomic one; what is the essence of a nuclear reaction; what is thermonuclear fusion and much more.
Biography:
Dmitry Zavilgelsky graduated from Moscow State University. He has been working under contracts with TV channels and film companies. During this time, as an author and director, he made more than 30 documentaries for state television channels, the Ministry of Culture, private and federal film studios, and as an independent producer. The area of Dmitry's creative interests is popular science films and films about scientists, in which Dmitry implements a new genre invented by him, in which there are author's documentaries and popular science films. He founded the FILMDOCRU documentary film club in the MART cafe. He is a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, the Guild of Directors of Russia, and the Guild of Directors of Non-fiction Films and Television.
