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Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Pavlov

1949 1h 38mDramaHistory

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.

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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.

Behind it

Grigoriy RoshalGrigoriy RoshalDirectorMikhail PapavaMikhail PapavaScreenplayDmitri KabalevskyDmitri KabalevskyComposerVyacheslav GardanovVyacheslav GardanovCinematographyEugeny KirpichiovCinematographyMoisey MagidMoisey MagidCinematography

Cast

Aleksandr BorisovAleksandr BorisovIvan Petrovich Pavlov
Nina AlisovaNina AlisovaVarvara Antonovna Ivanova
Vladimir ChestnokovVladimir ChestnokovLev Zakarich Zabelin
Fyodor NikitinFyodor NikitinGleb Mikhailovich Zvantsev
Vladimir BalashovVladimir BalashovSemenov
Nikolai PlotnikovNikolai PlotnikovNikodin Vasilyevich
Ivan DmitrievIvan DmitrievDmitri Pavlov
Grigoriy ShpigelGrigoriy ShpigelProfessor Petrushev
Vasili SofronovVasili SofronovArkip Semyonovich Telegin
Grigori BelinnkevichSergei Mironovich Kirov
Nikolai CherkasovNikolai CherkasovMaxim Gorky
Roman Rubinshteyn
Konstantin AdashevskyKonstantin AdashevskyStepan Lukich
Nikolay KharitonovNikolay Kharitonovstudent
Vladimir KryugerVladimir KryugerJohn Hicks (uncredited)
Vasiliy MaksimovAmerican Journalist

Director

Grigoriy Roshal

Writer

Mikhail Papava

Release date

21 Feb 1949

Runtime

1h 38m

Studio

Lenfilm

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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