Adventures of a Dentist

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Adventures of a Dentist
Scene from the film
Directed by	Elem Klimov
Written by	Aleksandr Volodin (play & screenplay)
Starring	Andrei Myagkov Vera Vasilyeva Alisa Freyndlikh Panteleymon Krymov Andrei Petrov
Music by	Alfred Shnitke
Cinematography	Samuil Rubashkin
Editing by	Valeriya Belova
Release date(s)	1965 (USSR)
Running time	82 min
Country	USSR
Language	Russian
IMDb profile

Adventures of a Dentist (Russian: Пoхoжде́ния зубнóгo врача́, Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha) is a 1965 Russian dark comedy/drama feature film directed by Elem Klimov on Mosfilm. It is currently unavailable on video or DVD for any audience, but is occasionally screened at film festivals.

[edit] Plot

A dentist is derided (and eventually has his life ruined) by his colleagues for his natural talent of painlessly pulling out teeth.

[edit] Background

The film's implication, that society inevitably ostracizes those who are gifted, horrified censors who told Klimov to change it. When Klimov refused, the film was given the lowest classification: "category three", which meant that it was shown in only 25-78 movie theatres. Only about half a million viewers saw the film when it premiered. In the West, the film has gained recognition due to it being directed by Klimov (most known for his film Come and See), and it has been screened at several film festivals in the last few years.

[edit] External links

• Adventures of a Dentist at the Internet Movie Database
• An overview of Elem Klimov's career at kinoeye.org
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v • d • e Films directed by Elem Klimov Feature films: Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964) • Adventures of a Dentist (1965) • Sport, Sport, Sport (1970) • And Still I Believe... (1976) • Agony (1981) • Farewell to Matyora (1983) • Come and See (1985) Shorts: Attention: Vulgarity! (1959) • The Groom (1960) • Look, the Sky! (1962) • Larisa (1980)

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