The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Grigoriy RoshalDirector
- Georgiy GrebnerWriter
- Anatoli LunacharskyWriter
- Mikhail DollerDirector
Cast
- Bernhard GoetzkeProfessor Zange
- Natalya RozenelFelitsia, professor's wife
- Elza TemaryBerta, professor's assistant
- Nikolai KhmelyovPrince Karlstein
- Sergei KomarovBsheshinski, Jesuit
- Vladimir FogelBaron, reactionary
- Mikhail DollerRussian student Filonov, professor's assistant
- Aleksandr ChistyakovPryer, typographer
- Alexandr GromovShtrombakh
- Anatoli LunacharskyCast
- Anna ZemtsovaCast
- Gyulbike ShcherbatovaCast
Themes
science vs religion