Russian director refuses to denounce lead actor despite criticism from Ukraine

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:41:27 GMT

Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s DAU, about physicist Lev Landau, stars Russian conductor Teodor Currentzis, who has refused to speak out against Putin’s warThe director of a controversial new Russian film has said “everyone pays for his own choice” when asked about his lead’s refusal to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine.In film-maker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s DAU, which premiered at the Venice film festival on Wednesday, Greek-Russian star conductor Teodor Currentzis plays the eponymously nicknamed protagonist, Nobel prize-winning quantum physicist Lev Landau. Continue reading...

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