

Morphine
2008-11-27 · 110 min · ★ 6.8
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. To soothe the impressions of human suffering he turns to morphine.
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- Directors
- Aleksei Balabanov
- Production companies
- CTB Film Company
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,600,000
- Revenue
- USD 766,075
Top Cast
Leonid BichevinDoctor Mikhail Alekseyevich Polyakov
Ingeborga DapkūnaitėAnna Nikolayevna
Andrei PaninMedical Assistant Anatoliy Lukich Demiyanenko
Svetlana PismichenkoPelageya Ivanovna
Katarina RadivojevićEkaterina Karlovna
Aleksandr MosinVlas
Irina RakshinaAksinya
Sergey GarmashVasily Osipovich Soborevsky
Valeriy Zaytsevgeneral
Daniil Shigapovclerk
Elena AndreevaLidka's mother
Lidiya Dorotenkobarefoot woman without skirt
Yuri GertsmanЛев Аронович Горенбург - фельдшер
Darya Tsiberkinabeautiful woman
Anastasiya Dyukovacounterman's sister
Nina Antonova
Agniya KuznetsovanurseTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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