Academician Ivan Pavlov
movie
Released February 21, 1949
Overview
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.
Cast
Aleksandr Borisov
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Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Nina Alisova
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Varvara Antonovna Ivanova
Vladimir Chestnokov
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Lev Zakarich Zabelin
Fyodor Nikitin
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Gleb Mikhailovich Zvantsev
Vladimir Balashov
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Semenov
Nikolai Plotnikov
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Nikodin Vasilyevich
Ivan Dmitriev
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Dmitri Pavlov
Grigoriy Shpigel
as
Professor Petrushev
Vasili Sofronov
as
Arkip Semyonovich Telegin
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Grigori Belinnkevich
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Sergei Mironovich Kirov
Nikolai Cherkasov
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Maxim Gorky
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Roman Rubinshteyn
Crew
Mikhail Papava
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Screenplay
Vyacheslav Gardanov
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Director of Photography
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Eugeny Kirpichiov
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Director of Photography
Grigoriy Roshal
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Director
Dmitri Kabalevsky
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Original Music Composer
Moisey Magid
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Director of Photography
Lev Sokolsky
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Director of Photography
Gennadi Kazansky
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Assistant Director
Evgeny Eney
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Production Design
Abram Veksler
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Production Design
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Arnold Shargorodsky
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Sound Director
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Tamara Levitskaya
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Costume Design