The Village Doctor

The Village Doctor

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1988

Runtime

0h 9m

Original Title

Сельский Врач

Director

Serhii Masloboishchykov

Description

Based on a short story by Franz Kafka, Masloboyshchikov’s debut film is a parable about the relationship between faith and salvation. A strange doctor comes to a neighbouring village to cure a sick child. The doctor thinks the boy should stop pretending, but the boy himself begs the doctor to let him die.