Fighting for lives. 7 movies about doctors

7. "Morphine"

• 2008
• Russia
• Drama
• Directed by: Alexey Balabanov
• Starring: Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Svetlana Pismichenko, Andrei Panin, Sergei Garmash
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

Russia, 1917, the height of the revolution. The rural hinterland is in great need of a new doctor. Young Dr. Polyakov (Leonid Bichevin) agrees to an unprestigious job and plunges into treating the locals with his head. Realizing that it is more difficult than university practice, he falls into depression. Morphine becomes his only salvation.

The script for the movie was written by actor Sergei Bodrov on the autobiographical series of stories by Mikhail Bulgakov "Notes of a Young Doctor" and the story "Morphine". Alexei Balabanov admitted that the picture he shot in memory of a close friend: Sergei Bodrov died in 2002 in the Karmadonsky Gorge.

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6. "The Physician"

• 2016
• Germany
• Adventure, History, Drama
• Director: Philipp Stölzl
• Starring: Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley, Emma Rigby, Stellan Skarsgard, Olivier Martinez
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

England, 11th century. eleven-year-old Rob Cole (Tom Payne) lost his mother when he was a child. She died of appendicitis. Left all alone, the boy decides to devote his life to medicine. His mentor becomes the great physician Avicenna (Ben Kingsley), who will help develop the young man's talent and thus change the world for the better.

The movie is based on Noah Gordon's of the same name. Avicenna is a real-life person who lived in the late X — early XI century. He is considered one of the most influential scientists and physicians of the medieval era.

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5. "Arrhythmia"

• 2017
• Russia
• Melodrama, drama
• Director: Boris Khlebnikov
• Starring: Alexander Yatsenko, Irina Gorbacheva, Nikolai Schreiber, Maxim Lagashkin, Albina Tikhanova
• IMDb Rating: 7.4

Oleg (Alexander Yatsenko) and Katya (Irina Gorbacheva) met in medical school and lived in marriage for several years. He is an ambulance paramedic, she is a doctor in the emergency room. Oleg fully devotes himself to work, forgetting about his spouse. His life changes abruptly when, tired of her husband's passivity, Katya files for divorce, and a new head appears in the hospital, thinking only of rules and statistics on paper.

With a budget of 46 million rubles. hire brought "Arrhythmia" 92 million revenue. In the piggy bank of awards — 29 awards and 21 nominations. Among them: 2 prizes "Kinotavr" (best male role (Alexander Yatsenko) and the main prize), 5 statuettes "Nika" (best film, best male role for the work of Yatsenko, best female role (Irina Gorbacheva), best director (Boris Khlebnikov), best script), as well as a number of international awards.

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4. "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"

• 2009
• USA
• Drama, biography
• Directed by: Thomas Carter
• Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Onjanue Ellis, Kimberly Elise, Jayshawn Fisher, Gus Hoffman
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

Ben Carson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is a dark-skinned boy who grew up fatherless in poverty and prejudice. Despite his difficult childhood, he becomes a professional doctor and the world's first neurosurgeon who was able to perform one of the most complex operations.

The movie is based on the true story of American neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who successfully performed the first ever separation of occipital Siamese twins.

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3. "Gods" / "Bogowie"

• 2014
• Poland
• Drama, biography
• Directed by: Lukasz Palkowski
• Starring: Tomasz Kot, Piotr Glowacki, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Magdalena Czerwińska, Rafal Zawierucha
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

The story of the early career of Zbigniew Religa (Tomasz Kot), a legendary Polish heart surgeon. He was the first doctor to perform a successful heart transplant operation. However, before achieving success, he had to go through failures, condemnations, and skepticism of colleagues.

"Bogowie" became the most successful and most watched Polish film in 2015. The picture overtook the Oscar-winning "Ida" and the blockbuster "Warsaw 44".

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2. "Giuseppe Moscati: Healing Love" / "Giuseppe Moscati: L'amore che guarisce"

• 2007
• Italy
• Drama, biography
• Directed by: Giacomo Campiotti
• Starring: Beppe Fiorello, Kasia Smutnyak, Ettore Bassi, Emanuela Grimalda, Giuseppe Zeno
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

The story of Neapolitan Dr. Giuseppe Moscati (Beppe Fiorello), who was one of the greatest humanists of his time. Throughout his life he believed that true love can overcome any illness and convinced his students of this.

The movie is based on the true story of Giuseppe Moscati. For his labors and boundless love for people almost 50 years after his death, the Roman Catholic Church made him a saint.

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1. "Something the Lord Made"

• 2004
• USA
• Drama, biography
• Director: Joseph Sargent
• Starring: Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, Gabrielle Union, Kyra Sedgwick, Merritt Weaver
• IMDb Rating: 8.1

the 1940s. A brilliant surgeon named Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman), saves the lives of children with heart defects. One day, he decides to take a black lab technician named Vivien Thomas (Yasiin Bey) as his assistant. They will have to face injustice and prejudice that will jeopardize the further research of the two doctors.

The movie was nominated for many prestigious awards, including Emmy and Golden Globe.

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