Michurin (1949)

5.6/10 • 95 min • Drama

Overview

About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science. Michurin is supported by prominent scientists of the country and he continues to work hard. After the October Revolution, a small Michurin garden in the city of Kozlov (the biologist's homeland) becomes a large state nursery.

Cast

Vladimir Solovyov

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin

Grigori Belov

Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin

Nikolai Shamin

Terentiy

Fyodor Grigoryev

Kartashov

Mikhail Zharov

Khrenov

Ivan Nazarov

postman

Viktor Khokhryakov

Ryabov

Dmitriy Dubov

Sinitsyn

Gennadi Pechnikov

Lesnitskiy

Sergei Tsenin

Wallace Beard

Yuri Lyubimov

translator

Ivan Kashirin

peasant

Sergei Bondarchuk

selectionist (uncredited)

Aleksandr Smirnov

selectionist (uncredited)

Pavel Gaideburov

Pashkevich (uncredited)

Yevgeniya Khovanskaya

Pashkevch's wife (uncredited)

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