Pirogov (film)

Pirogov
Directed byGrigori Kozintsev
Written byYury German
StarringKonstantin Skorobogatov
Vladimir Chestnokov
CinematographyAndrei Moskvin
Anatoli Nazarov
Naum Shifrin
Music byDmitri Shostakovich
Production
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Release date
  • 16 December 1947 (1947-12-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Pirogov (Russian: Пирогов) is a 1947 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on the life of Russian scientist and doctor Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881). Pirogov is famous for being the founder of field surgery.

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