Michurin (Russian: Мичурин) is a 1948 Soviet film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko about the life of Russian practitioner of selection Ivan Michurin. The film is based on Dovzhenko's play Life in Bloom,[1] which was also the title used for the film in its 1949 American release by Artkino Pictures.

Michurin
Directed byOleksandr Dovzhenko
Written byOleksandr Dovzhenko
StarringGrigori Belov
CinematographyLeonid Kosmatov
Yuli Kun
Music byDmitri Shostakovich
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Release date
  • 1 January 1949 (1949-01-01)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian
Michurin

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The film is set in the year 1912. Michurin declines the American's offer to work abroad and continues his studies in the Russian Empire, in spite of the fact that his ideas are not acknowledged by the tsarist government, the church and the idealistic science. Michurin receives support from outstanding scientists of the country, and continues to work untiringly. After the October Revolution, Michurin's small garden in the town of Kozlov (birthplace of the biologist) is transformed into a large state nursery.

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