Science Fiction ·TV Movie · Soviet Union · 1980 · 30m

The Monarch Butterfly

Зелёная Куколка

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Director
Avtandil Kvirikashvili
Cast
Donatas Banionis as Juozas Kiselius as Aleksandr Abdulov as David Mkrtchyan as Algimantas Masiulis as Albert Filozov as
Crew
Genri Abramyan — Director of Photography Vytautas Žalakevičius — Writer Vytautas Kalinauskas — Production Design
Synopsis

A young biophysicist, dreaming of spiritual and physical immortality, makes an experiment on himself: by radioactive irradiation he violates the genetic code, as a result of which he passes into another biological substance and becomes immeasurably more perfect than his fellows on Earth.

Key Collaborators
Avtandil Kvirikashvili Director Genri Abramyan Director of Photography Vytautas Žalakevičius Writer Vytautas Kalinauskas Production Design
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