The Doctor's Pupil (1984)
An enterprising young man who practices medicine, striving to win the affection of his beloved, vows to cure her mother of a serious illness. To truly learn the secrets of medicine, he has to pretend to be deaf and mute and hire himself out as an assistant to the best doctor. Will the hero be able to keep his promise?
Director:
Boris Rytsarev
Writer:
Isai Kuznetsov
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Oleg Kazancheev as Radomir - physician's apprentice |
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Oleg Golubitsky as Vazili - king's physician |
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Natalya Vavilova as Todorka - dancer girl |
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Ariadna Shengelaia as Maria - Todorka's mother |
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Mikhail Gluzskiy as Costa - king's educator |
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Grigori Manoukov as King |
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Viktor Ilichyov as Grozdan - foolish youth |
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Yuri Chekulayev as Kavas |
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Liliya Gritsenko as lady - patient's mother |
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Ion Marinescu as |
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Svetlana Orlova as state-lady |
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Aleksandr Anyutenkov as |
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Vassili Bezdushnõi as |
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V. Zhivov as |
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Valery Lysenkov as executioner |
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Aleksandr Sayko as sick - cured Vazili |
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Béla Tarr as |
| Art | Nikolai Terekhov | Production Design |
| Production | Mikhail Kapustin | Production Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentina Zakharchenko | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Mikael Tariverdiev | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadezhda Fadeyeva | Costume Design |
| Directing | Boris Rytsarev | Director |
| Writing | Vadim Korostylyov | Lyricist |
| Editing | Lyudmila Drozdova | Lead Editor |
| Directing | Lyudmila Ostrejkovskaya | Co-Director |
| Camera | Andrei Kirillov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Rustik Musatov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Stanislav Gurin | Sound Director |
| Camera | Sergey Zhurbitskiy | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Leonid Sokolov | Gaffer |
| Sound | Vladimir Sitanov | Vocals |
| Sound | Nikolay Smetanin | Vocals |
| Sound | Nadezhda Lukashevich | Vocals |
| Writing | Irina Solovyova | Script Editor |
| Writing | Isai Kuznetsov | Screenplay |