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The Doctor's Pupil

1984·70 min

The Doctor's Pupil

Directed by Boris Rytsarev

ComedyFamilyHistory

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?

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Oleg Kazancheev

Radomir - physician's apprentice

Oleg Golubitsky

Vazili - king's physician

Natalya Vavilova

Todorka - dancer girl

Ariadna Shengelaia

Maria - Todorka's mother

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Andrei Kirillov

Director of Photography

Mikael Tariverdiev

Original Music Composer

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Mikhail Gluzskiy

Costa - king's educator

Grigori Manoukov

King

Viktor Ilichyov

Grozdan - foolish youth

Yuri Chekulayev

Kavas

Liliya Gritsenko

lady - patient's mother

Svetlana Orlova

state-lady

Aleksandr Anyutenkov

Vassili Bezdushnõi

Valery Lysenkov

executioner

Aleksandr Sayko

sick - cured Vazili

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What is The Doctor's Pupil about?

The Doctor's Pupil (1984) is about 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?

Who directed The Doctor's Pupil?

Boris Rytsarev directed The Doctor's Pupil (1984).

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