The Village Doctor
1988, English. Directed by Serhii Masloboishchykov.
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.
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- 0h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1988
- Original title
- Сельский Врач
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Serhii Masloboishchykov
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The Village Doctor isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1988. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Village Doctor?
The Village Doctor (1988) was directed by Serhii Masloboishchykov.