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Cast
Leonid Bichevin
as Doctor Mikhail Alekseyevich Polyakov
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
as Anna Nikolayevna
Andrei Panin
as Medical Assistant Anatoliy Lukich Demiyanenko
Svetlana Pismichenko
as Pelageya Ivanovna
Katarina Radivojević
as Ekaterina Karlovna
Aleksandr Mosin
as Vlas
Irina Rakshina
as Aksinya
Sergey Garmash
as Vasily Osipovich Soborevsky
Yulia Deynega
as Tanya
Andrey Poluyan
as Ofitser
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2008
Runtime1h 50m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes86
DirectorAleksei Balabanov
WritersSergei Bodrov Jr.
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsMorphine
About Morphine
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. To soothe the impressions of human suffering he turns to morphine.
Directed by Aleksei Balabanov, Morphine leans on a strong ensemble — Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Andrei Panin — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2008.
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