Ivan Pavlov (1949)
Russia, 1875: In Riazan’, Dr Pavlov is summoned to a landowner who refuses to accept the inevitability of his death; to Pavlov’s dismay, he orders the destruction of a beautiful apple orchard. 1894: Experimenting on dogs, Pavlov tries to comprehend the interaction between nerves and external signals governing digestion. In 1904, he formulates the principles of conditional reflexes. When Zvantsev, an opponent of Pavlov’s materialist worldview, leaves the laboratory, the scientist hires Varvara Ivanova who becomes his most reliable assistant. 1912: Pavlov receives an honorary doctorate from Cambridge University. 1917: Despite Pavlov’s political scepticism, the Bolshevik administration treats him with great respect.
Director:
Grigoriy Roshal
Writer:
Mikhail Papava
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Aleksandr Borisov as Ivan Petrovich Pavlov |
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Nina Alisova as Varvara Antonovna Ivanova |
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Vladimir Chestnokov as Lev Zakarich Zabelin |
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Fyodor Nikitin as Gleb Mikhailovich Zvantsev |
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Vladimir Balashov as Semenov |
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Nikolai Plotnikov as Nikodin Vasilyevich |
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Ivan Dmitriev as Dmitri Pavlov |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Professor Petrushev |
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Vasili Sofronov as Arkip Semyonovich Telegin |
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Grigori Belinnkevich as Sergei Mironovich Kirov |
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Nikolai Cherkasov as Maxim Gorky |
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Roman Rubinshteyn as |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Stepan Lukich |
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Nikolay Kharitonov as student |
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Vladimir Kryuger as John Hicks (uncredited) |
| Writing | Mikhail Papava | Screenplay |
| Camera | Vyacheslav Gardanov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Eugeny Kirpichiov | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Grigoriy Roshal | Director |
| Sound | Dmitri Kabalevsky | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Moisey Magid | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lev Sokolsky | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Gennadi Kazansky | Assistant Director |
| Art | Evgeny Eney | Production Design |
| Art | Abram Veksler | Production Design |
| Sound | Arnold Shargorodsky | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Levitskaya | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasiliy Ulyanov | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Valentina Mironova | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Georgiy Shurkin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | A. Alekseiev | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | A. Petrova | VFX Artist |
| Directing | Emil Gal | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ye. Vishneskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ekaterina Serdechkova | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Sokolov | Third Assistant Director |
| Sound | L. Yukhnin | Conductor |
| Production | Isaak Goldin | Executive Producer |