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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Aleksandr Borisov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
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Grigoriy Roshal Director · Mikhail Papava Screenplay Dmitri Kabalevsky Composer
First release February 21, 1949 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Академик Иван Павлов
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Академик Иван Павлов
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 21, 1949
Theatrical · Source: IMDb
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XC
February 17, 1950 · Theatrical
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