Ivan Pavlov

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 21, 1949

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

Aleksandr Borisov,Nina Alisova,Vladimir Chestnokov,Fyodor Nikitin,Vladimir Balashov,Nikolai Plotnikov,Ivan Dmitriev,Grigoriy Shpigel,Vasili Sofronov,Grigori Belinnkevichand 6 more

Director

Grigoriy Roshal

Writer

Mikhail Papava

Producer

Isaak Goldin

Cinematography

Vyacheslav Gardanov,Eugeny Kirpichiov,Moisey Magid,Lev Sokolsky

Music

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0041101