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.
2.8 / 5
Bernhard Goetzke
Professor Zange
Natalya Rozenel
Felitsia, professor's wife
Elza Temary
Berta, professor's assistant
Nikolai Khmelyov
Prince Karlstein
Sergei Komarov
Bsheshinski, Jesuit
Vladimir Fogel
Baron, reactionary
Mikhail Doller
Russian student Filonov, professor's assistant
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Pryer, typographer
Alexandr Gromov
Shtrombakh
Anatoli Lunacharsky
Anna Zemtsova
Gyulbike Shcherbatova
Vasili Bokarev
Rich man
Mariya Shlenskaya
Enamored old Polish woman
Daniil Vvedenskiy
(uncredited)
Ivan Lavrov
Vladimir Tsoppi
Grigoriy Roshal
Director
Louis Forestier
Director of Photography
Phil Jutzi
Georgiy Grebner
Writer
Vladimir Egorov
Production Design
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Additional Director of Photography
Valentina Khmelyova
Assistant Production Design
S. Guskov
Makeup & Hair
N. Kilburg
Costume Design
Mark Magidson
Still Photographer
N. Bronitskiy
First Assistant Director
M. Khabarin
Second Assistant Director