Pirogov
About Pirogov
Nikolai Pirogov, anatomist and surgeon and a corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences from 1846, serves in several wars and founds field surgery. In 1847 he operates on a battlefield under anesthesia. He introduces a fixed plaster dressing and proposes new operations.
Cast & crew
More about Pirogov
Grigori Kozintsev's first feature as sole director. Yuri German wrote the screenplay. Andrei Moskvin, Anatoli Nazarov, and Naum Shifrin photographed. Dmitri Shostakovich wrote the music. Yevgeny Enei designed the sets. Lenfilm. Released 16 December 1947. Runtime 92 minutes. Black and white. The story is set in the Russian Empire.
Themes
Background
The film uses Pirogov's Crimean and later war service, the 1847 operation under anesthesia, and the plaster dressing he introduced.
Making
After the Maxim films with Trauberg, Kozintsev directed this biography alone, with Moskvin on camera and Shostakovich scoring.
Look
Andrei Moskvin, Anatoli Nazarov, and Naum Shifrin photographed it.
Music
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote the score.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Konstantin Skorobogatov plays Pirogov. Nikolai Cherkasov is also billed. Vladimir Chestnokov and Olga Lebzak are in the principal cast.
- Also credited: Sergei Yarov, Georgy Gumilevsky, Andrei Kostrichkin, Pyotr Lobanov, and Yakov Malyutin.
- Pirogov lived from 1810 to 1881.
- A file is on Wikimedia Commons as Пирогов. 1947 г. СССР. Ленфильм.webm.
Scenes
- Pirogov operates on the battlefield under anesthesia in 1847.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Пирогов. 1947 г. СССР. Ленфильм.webm)
