The medicus' apprentice

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Movie
German title The medicus' apprentice
Original title Ученик лекаря
(Utschenik lekarja)
Country of production Soviet Union
original language Russian
Publishing year 1984
length 67 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Boris Ryzarev
script Issai Kuznetsov
production Gorky Studio Moscow
music Mikael Tariwerdiev
camera Andrei Kirillov
occupation
synchronization

The apprentice of the medicus (original title: Russian Ученик лекаря , Utschenik lekarja ) is a Soviet fairy tale film by Boris Ryzarew from 1984.

action

A city at the time of the Middle Ages: the young Radomir sells alleged miracle cures in the streets, which are supposed to fight old age, alleviate diseases and even defeat stupidity. He falls in love with Todorka, who earns her living as a traveling singer with other jugglers on the street. At first he promises to be able to cure her paralyzed mother with expensive medicine, but quickly realizes that he really wants to help her to walk again. When he is betrayed to the gendarmes by a young man to whom he had sold goat droppings as medicine for stupidity, he takes refuge in a rich man's house. He is currently being treated by the king's medicus, Wasili. If he couldn't walk at first, the medicus's treatment has now worked and the man can get up and take the first steps. Radomir decides to do an apprenticeship with the medicus in order to also become a doctor. He promises Todorka not to marry her until he has healed her mother.

The medicus guards his knowledge ironically. The last helper, who recently died, was "deaf and dumb" so that he could not pass on Wasili's knowledge. Radomir pretends to be deaf and dumb, lets himself be chased by the initiated street children and is protected from the mob by the medicus. He was allowed to carry the bag home for him, was unexpectedly checked several times to see whether he really wasn't hearing anything, and soon after was the medicus' assistant. He is now witnessing the intrigues at the tsar’s court, the top voivode is planning a poison attack on the tsar’s new confidante, Kosta, and has Wasili poison sell him. A short time later, Wasili handed Kosta an antidote in the castle. Kosta actually receives a poisoned book as a gift from the voivod. Kosta recognizes Radomir as the seller of the miracle drugs and now knows that he is not deaf and dumb. He is impressed by Radomir's courage, especially since he can neither read nor write, but still wants to become a doctor. When Kosta offers Radomir to teach him to read, the latter knocks the poisoned book out of his hand, which Kosta would have killed immediately if it had been opened. Kosta is now in Radomir's debt. Radomir, in turn, realized through Kosta that the apprenticeship as a medicus would take years. He promises Todorka, who has to move on, to find her after completing his training and to heal her mother.

Years go by and Radomir has kept his silence and learned. One day the man returns from the war to whom Radomir once sold the goat droppings. He takes revenge on Radomir by calling him a liar who can actually speak. Wasili brutally tortures Radomir until he passes out. Nevertheless, Radomir succeeds in making incoherent sounds, even under torture. Wasili is deeply ashamed and nurses him back to health.

A little later the tsar is looking for a wife. Because he did not like the proposals from various royal families, he went on a search himself and saw Todorka dancing in the market, who had returned to the town after years. He falls in love with her and lets Kosta bring her to his castle while Radomir is staying in her house. Kosta realizes that Radomir and Todorka love each other. Radomir, in turn, now knows how to heal Todorka's mother and begins treatment. Todorka receives a splendid dress in the castle, but is horrified when she learns that she is to marry the tsar. She runs out of the castle and hides in the castle garden, where she soon falls asleep in a hedge. A little later Wasili is called because Todorka is dying. Wasili is at a loss, but Radomir shows him that there is a tick in Todorka's ear. In the presence of the Tsar, Wasili wants to remove the tick with scissors - Radomir now begins to speak for the first time, as this treatment would mean Todorka's death. With Radomir's treatment method, Todorka can be saved. Wasili has a wish for it and orders Radomir to be killed. He is told to swallow a poison mixed by Wasili and Radomir agrees. If he survives Wasili's poison, Wasili must drink a poison from Radomir in return. So it should be determined at the same time which of the two is the greater medicus.

Radomir survives the poison drink of Wasili. In the city he also speaks the Hippocratic Oath , which makes him a medicus. The next day, when the poison should have already worked, he appears in front of the tsar and now gives Wasili a full cup. Wasili dies within a very short time. Although there was only water in the cup, Wasili is killed by his hatred - and by the desperation of not being able to find the supposed poison in the drink. In the end, through Kosta's mediation, the Tsar renounces Todorka, as a happy medicus is of the greatest importance to the Tsar. Radomir and Todorka become a couple, especially since Radomir can heal Todorka's mother.

production

Sighișoara, the location of the film

The medicus' apprentice was filmed in Sighișoara . The film was released in Soviet cinemas in January 1984 and opened in GDR cinemas on February 7, 1986. On July 14, 1989, he first came across DFF 1 on GDR television. Icestorm released the film on DVD in January 2005 as part of the series The most beautiful fairy tale classics in Russian film history .

The songs in the film are sung by the group Meridijan , which consisted of Nadezhda Lukashevich, Vladimir Sitanov and Nikolai Smetanin. The songs were based on poems by Vadim Korostylew (1923–1997).

synchronization

The dialogue of the DEFA dubbing was written by Traute Kayser , Gisela Büttner took over the direction .

role actor Voice actor
Radomir Oleg Kazantcheyev Roman Kaminski
Wasili Oleg Golubitsky Ezard Haussmann
Todorka Natalia Vavilova Margrit Strasbourg
Maria Ariadna Schengelaja Ingrid Rentsch
Kosta Mikhail Glussky Albert Hetterle
The tsar Grigory Manukov Peter Fabers
Grosdan Viktor Ilyichov Frank Ciazynski
Kawass Yuri Chekulaev Wolfgang Dehler

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vg. Kino-teatr.ru
  2. ↑ The medicus' apprentice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 13, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ The medicus' apprentice. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on December 26, 2017 .