Ivan Pavlov
Synopsis
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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Top 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