Movie: The Testament of Professor Dowell

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Oļgerts Kroders
Oļģerts Kroders

Professor Dowell

Igor Vasilev
Игорь Васильев

Doctor Kern

Natalya Sayko
Наталья Сайко

Angelika / Eve

Valentina Titova
Валентина Титова

Mari Loran

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Александр Пороховщиков

Gould

Ernst Romanov
Эрнст Романов

Richardson

Bob Chuprov-Tsymba
Боб Цымба

Willie

Alexey Bobrov
Alexey Bobrov

Artur Douel'

Nikolay Lavrov
Николай Лавров

precinct Baxter

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    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…

  • Release Date

    1984-08-06

  • Average

    5.033

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский

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