The Testament of Professor Dowell

Aug 6, 1984

1h 31m

★ 4.9

Overview

The film is based on the popular science-fiction novel “Professor Dowell’s Head” by Russian writer Alexander Belyaev. For many years, a prominent scientist had been striving to solve the problem of immortality. He shared the results of his daring and risky experiments with his colleagues. But one day something happened that no one could have foreseen: the professor had disappeared. The best student and follower of Professor Dowell tries to use the results of his scientific research for criminal purposes. It looks like he is going to succeed…

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Lenfilm

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Cast

Professor Dowell

Oļgerts Kroders

Doctor Kern

Igor Vasilev

Angelika / Eve

Natalya Sayko

Mari Loran

Valentina Titova

Gould

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Richardson

Ernst Romanov

Willie

Bob Chuprov-Tsymba

Artur Douel'

Alexey Bobrov

precinct Baxter

Nikolay Lavrov

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