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The Testament of Professor Dowell

The Testament of Professor Dowell

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 6, 1984

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

User Score

49%

Original Title

Завещание профессора Доуэля

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Director

Leonid Menaker

Description

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…