Adventures of a Dentist

Adventures of a Dentist
Directed by Elem Klimov
Written by Aleksandr Volodin
(play & screenplay)
Starring Andrey Myagkov
Vera Vasilyeva
Alisa Freindlich
Panteleymon Krymov
Andrei Petrov
Music by Alfred Shnitke
Cinematography Samuil Rubashkin
Edited by Valeriya Belova
Production
company
Release dates
 1965 (USSR)
1987 (second release)
Running time
 82 min.
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Adventures of a Dentist (Russian: Пoхoждения зубногo врача, translit. Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha) is a 1965 Soviet 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.

Plot

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

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.

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