''Michurin'' (russian: link=no, Мичурин) is a 1948 Soviet film directed by

Oleksandr Dovzhenko Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...

about the life of Russian practitioner of

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Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (russian: Иван Владимирович Мичурин) ( – June 7, 1935) was a Russian practitioner of selection to produce new types of crop plants, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and acade ...

(1855–1935). The film is based on Dovzhenko's play ''Life in Bloom'',«Мичурин» на официальном сайте «Мосфильм»
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Synopsis

The film is set in the year 1912. Michurin declines the American's offer to work abroad and continues his studies in the Russian Empire, in spite of the fact that his ideas are not acknowledged by the tsarist government, the church and the idealistic science. Michurin receives support from outstanding scientists of the country, and continues to work untiringly. After the October Revolution, Michurin's small garden in the town of Kozlov (birthplace of the biologist) is transformed into a large state nursery.

Cast

Grigori Belov Grigori Akinfovich Belov (russian: Григорий Акинфович Белов; 18 December 1895 – 13 September 1965) was a Russian actor. He appeared in more than ten Film, films from 1940 to 1966. Selected filmography References Ext ...

as Ivan Michurin * Fyodor Grigoryev as Kartashov * Vladimir Isayevas Mayer *

Viktor Khokhryakov Viktor Ivanovich Khokhryakov (russian: Виктор Иванович Хохряков; 1913–1986) was a Soviet Russian film actor, theater actor and director. He played the composer Alexander Glazunov in the 1954 film ''Rimsky-Korsakov''.Mitche ...

as Riabov *

Alla Larionova Alla Dmitriyevna Larionova (russian: Алла Дмитриевна Ларионова; 19 February 1931, in Moscow, USSR – 25 April 2000, in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990). ...

Yuri Lyubimov Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov (russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Люби́мов; 5 October 2014) was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one ...

as Translator * Pavel Shamin as Terentiy * Vladimir Solovyov as

Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Ива́нович Кали́нин ; 3 June 1946), known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych", was a Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of s ...

Sergei Tsenin Sergei Sergeyevich Tsenin (russian: link=no, Сергей Сергеевич Ценин) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935). Selected filmography * 1930 — ''St. Jorgen's Day'' *1936 — '' Party ...

as Byrd *

Aleksandra Vasilyeva Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymology, Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; genitive, GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defe ...

as Michurin's wife *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Жа́ров; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...

as Khrenov *

(uncredited) *

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...

(IMDb entry lacking role name; not named in screen credits)

References

External links

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"Michurin": an interpretation
1948 films 1940s biographical drama films Soviet biographical drama films Russian biographical drama films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Alexander Dovzhenko Mosfilm films Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich Russian-language Ukrainian films Russian black-and-white films {{bio-film-stub Films set in 1912