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The Tale of the Wonderful Doctor (1979) [N/A]

Written by:
Vladimir Kapustyan

Directed by:
Leonid Zarubin


Release Date:
February 5, 1979

Original Title:
Сказка о чудесном докторе

Alternate Titles:
Казка про чудесного лікаря

Genres:
Animation

Production Companies:
Kyivnaukfilm

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 9

Overview from TheMovieDB

The young man helps the old woman he meets get home. It turns out to be Death. She teaches him the secrets of healing, but makes him promise to abide by the agreement - if he sees her at the feet of a patient, he can treat him, but if she stands at his head, this person is hers. But circumstances are such that the doctor violates the agreement.

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Overview from Open Movies

Death taught a young man deep secrets of medicine on condition that he would not save those for whom she would come. But man's kind heart causes him eventually to break the agreement.

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Production

Director:
Leonid Zarubin

Writer:
Volodymyr Kapustian

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