The Monarch Butterfly (1980)
A young biophysicist, dreaming of spiritual and physical immortality, makes an experiment on himself: by radioactive irradiation he violates the genetic code, as a result of which he passes into another biological substance and becomes immeasurably more perfect than his fellows on Earth.
Director: Avtandil Kvirikashvili
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Donatas Banionis as |
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Juozas Kiselius as |
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Aleksandr Abdulov as |
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David Mkrtchyan as |
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Algimantas Masiulis as |
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Albert Filozov as |
| Directing | Avtandil Kvirikashvili | Director |
| Writing | Vytautas Žalakevičius | Writer |
| Writing | Ray Bradbury | Author |
| Camera | Genri Abramyan | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Artyomov | Music |
| Art | Vytautas Kalinauskas | Production Design |