Otkrytaya kniga

Based on the novel by Veniamin Kaverin. The heroine of the film is a microbiologist who invented penicillin. The discovery of a new potent drug, penicillin, was preceded by many years of scientific research. They began at the beginning of the century in the small provincial town of Lopakhino, in the laboratory of the old doctor Lebedev... Having received a slight injury, the neighbor girl Tanya Vlasenkova accidentally ended up in the house of doctor Lebedev and remained here until she recovered, surrounded by warmth and care. Her childhood was not easy, and after her recovery she often came to the eccentric scientist, where she first touched upon the mysterious world of science. There will be many events in the life of the future professor, Doctor of Science Tatyana Vlasenkova...