The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.
Cast
Bernhard Goetzke
Professor Zange
Natalya Rozenel
Felitsia, professor's wife
Elza Temary
Berta, professor's assistant
Nikolai Khmelyov
Prince Karlstein
Sergei Komarov
Bsheshinski, Jesuit
Vladimir Fogel
Baron, reactionary
Mikhail Doller
Russian student Filonov, professor's assistant
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Pryer, typographer
Alexandr Gromov
Shtrombakh
Anatoli Lunacharsky
Unknown
Anna Zemtsova
Unknown
Gyulbike Shcherbatova
Unknown
Vasili Bokarev
Rich man
Mariya Shlenskaya
Enamored old Polish woman
Daniil Vvedenskiy
(uncredited)
Ivan Lavrov
(uncredited)
Vladimir Tsoppi
(uncredited)
Crew
Grigoriy Roshal
Director
Mikhail Doller
Director
Anatoli Lunacharsky
Writer
Georgiy Grebner
Writer
Louis Forestier
Director of Photography
Phil Jutzi
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Additional Director of Photography
N. Bronitskiy
First Assistant Director
M. Khabarin
Second Assistant Director
Vladimir Egorov
Production Design
N. Kilburg
Costume Design
S. Guskov
Makeup & Hair
Mark Magidson
Still Photographer
Valentina Khmelyova
Assistant Production Design
