The film follows esteemed gynecologist Pavel Kucotsky as he battles illegal abortions and the 1936 ban amid the political upheavals of mid-20th-century Russia— from Lysenkoism to Stalin’s funeral and the Khrushchev thaw—while public opinion casts him alternately as savior or villain.
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Genres
Drama
Cast
Details
- Director
- Yuri Grymov
- Writer
- Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Yuri Grymov
- Released
- 2005-02-01
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
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