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
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Nina Alisova
Varvara Antonovna Ivanova
Vladimir Chestnokov
Lev Zakarich Zabelin
Fyodor Nikitin
Gleb Mikhailovich Zvantsev
Vladimir Balashov
Semenov
Nikolai Plotnikov
Nikodin Vasilyevich
Ivan Dmitriev
Dmitri Pavlov
Grigoriy Shpigel
Professor Petrushev
Vasili Sofronov
Arkip Semyonovich Telegin
Grigori Belinnkevich
Sergei Mironovich Kirov
Nikolai Cherkasov
Maxim Gorky
Roman Rubinshteyn
Unknown
Konstantin Adashevsky
Stepan Lukich
Crew
Grigoriy Roshal
Director
Mikhail Papava
Screenplay
Valentina Mironova
Editor
Vyacheslav Gardanov
Director of Photography
Eugeny Kirpichiov
Director of Photography
Moisey Magid
Director of Photography
Lev Sokolsky
Director of Photography
Ye. Vishneskaya
First Assistant Director
Ekaterina Serdechkova
Second Assistant Director
A. Sokolov
Third Assistant Director
Gennadi Kazansky
Assistant Director
Emil Gal
Assistant Director
Isaak Goldin
Executive Producer
Evgeny Eney
Production Design
Abram Veksler
Production Design
Tamara Levitskaya
Costume Design
Vasiliy Ulyanov
Makeup & Hair
Arnold Shargorodsky
Sound Director
A. Alekseiev
VFX Supervisor
A. Petrova
VFX Artist
Georgiy Shurkin
VFX Director of Photography
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Original Music Composer
L. Yukhnin
Conductor