
Discovery
1973, Russian. Directed by Baras Halzanov.
This story is told by academician S. Yuryshev, Director of the Institute of applied biochemistry. The events in it are developing in 20 years during the Civil war, when he sent a geologist searching for copper in the coal mines of the merchant Stasova, and in the 70s, when the head of the Institute. His thoughts and actions as if he reconciles his past, revolutionary romanticism 20-h his life's work was the discovery of a new chemical element. He believes in getting it even when the explosion in the laboratory takes the life of his closest friend and colleague, when his grown-up adopted son, becoming also a chemist, suffered during the experiments. Believe when testing on military ground again fail…
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Baras HalzanovDirector
- Donatas BanionisСергей Матвеевич Юрышев (академик)
- Mikhail KononovСергей Юрышев (в молодости)
- Zhanna ProkhorenkoАнка
- Irina PechernikovaЛиза
- Vitali SolominАндрей Сергеевич Юрышев / Дмитрий Каточкин
- Vladimir IvashovИлья Стасов
- Gediminas KarkaЧанеев (директор института)
- Fyodor Odinokovгорный мастер
- Yuriy Nazarovбелогвардейский офицер
- Valeriy Nosikзаика, уголовный ссыльный
- Vladimir Balashovчлен комиссии по расследованию аварии
- Gražina Baikštytėжена Андрея
Details
- Released
- 22 June 1973
- Original title
- Открытие
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Eduard Topol
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How long is Discovery?
Discovery runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Discovery isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 June 1973. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Discovery?
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Who directed Discovery?
Discovery (1973) was directed by Baras Halzanov and stars Donatas Banionis, Mikhail Kononov, Zhanna Prokhorenko.