
Overview
The protagonist of the film is a female microbiologist and inventor of penicillin. The discovery of this life-saving drug was preceded by many years of scientific research, which Dr. Lebedev conducted in his laboratory in a small provincial town at the beginning of the century... Tanya, a girl from the neighborhood, accidentally finds herself in the doctor's house, where she first encounters the mysterious world of science...
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Yevgeni Shapiro
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Natalya RyazantsevaScreenplay
- Veniamin KaverinNovel, Screenplay
- Original title
- Открытая книга
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 16, 1974
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union








































