Life in Bloom

Life in Bloom

95 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1949

About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science. Michurin is supported by prominent scientists of the country and he continues to work hard. After the October Revolution, a small Michurin garden in the city of Kozlov (the biologist's homeland) becomes a large state nursery.

Life in Bloom

95 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1949

Life in Bloom
About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science. Michurin is supported by prominent scientists of the country and he continues to work hard. After the October Revolution, a small Michurin garden in the city of Kozlov (the biologist's homeland) becomes a large state nursery.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Мичурин
Directors Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Writers Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast

Vladimir Solovyov

as Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin

Grigori Belov

as Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin

Aleksandra Vasilyeva

as Aleksandra Vasilyevna Michurina

Nikolai Shamin

as Terentiy

Fyodor Grigoryev

as Kartashov

Mikhail Zharov

as Khrenov

Konstantin Nassonov

as father Khristofor

Aleksei Zhiltsov

as Bykov

Ivan Nazarov

as postman

Viktor Khokhryakov

as Ryabov

Dmitriy Dubov

as Sinitsyn

Gennadi Pechnikov

as Lesnitskiy

Sergei Tsenin

as Wallace Beard

Yuri Lyubimov

as translator

Ivan Kashirin

as peasant

Sergey Bondarchuk

as selectionist (uncredited)

Aleksandr Smirnov

as selectionist (uncredited)

Viktor Klyucharyov

as professor Kigunov (uncredited)

Pavel Gaideburov

as Pashkevich (uncredited)

Yevgeniya Khovanskaya

as Pashkevch's wife (uncredited)

Aleksei Konsovsky

as Pashkevich's guest (uncredited)

Klara Luchko

as Pashkevich's guest (uncredited)

Anatoliy Larionov

as Michurin in his youth (uncredited)

Natalya Sadovskaya

as Michurina in her youth (uncredited)

Yevgeni Gurov

as Bykov's guest (uncredited)

Pyotr Savin

as member of the revkom (uncredited)

Nikolai Khryashchikov

as member of the revkom (uncredited)

Anatoli Zhukov

as Shurusha (uncredited)

Sergei Antimonov

as official (uncredited)

Mikhail Grodskiy

as professor (uncredited)

Viktor Matisen

as professor (uncredited)

Aleksandr Pelevin

as first scientist (uncredited)

Nikolai Neronov

as second scientist (uncredited)

Leonid Knyazev

as worker (uncredited)

Pavel Vinnik

as Kartashov's student (uncredited)

Svetlana Bogolyubova

as Natasha (uncredited)

Anatoliy Solovyov

as student (uncredited)

Nikolay Lebedev

as professor (uncredited)

Andrei Petrov

as Meshkov (uncredited)

Vsevolod Semyonov

as secretary (uncredited)

Valerian Kazanskiy

as guest (uncredited)

Natalia Sadovskaya

as Alexandra Michurina in young age (uncredited)