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The Doctor's Pupil
An enterprising young man who practices medicine, striving to win the affection of his beloved, vows to cure her mother of a serious illness. To truly learn the secrets of medicine, he has to pretend to be deaf and mute and hire himself out as an assistant to the best doctor. Will the hero be able to keep his promise?
Directed by Boris Rytsarev
51
User score
11 votes
Status
Released
Released
March 5, 1984
Runtime
1h 10m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Oleg Kazancheev
Radomir - physician's apprentice
Oleg Golubitsky
Vazili - king's physician
Natalya Vavilova
Todorka - dancer girl
Ariadna Shengelaia
Maria - Todorka's mother
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Costa - king's educator
Grigori Manoukov
King
Viktor Ilichyov
Grozdan - foolish youth
Yuri Chekulayev
Kavas
Liliya Gritsenko
lady - patient's mother
Ion Marinescu
Svetlana Orlova
state-lady
Aleksandr Anyutenkov
Vassili Bezdushnõi
V. Zhivov
Valery Lysenkov
executioner
Aleksandr Sayko
sick - cured Vazili
Béla Tarr
