Galina KRASNOBOROVA
Галина КРАСНОБОРОВА
Galina KRASNOBOROVA
Svetlana ZONOVA
Светлана ЗОНОВА
Svetlana ZONOVA
Russia, 2008, 44mn 
documentary
Prizrak chornoy smerti
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Призрак чёрной смерти

 

 Prizrak chornoy smerti

 Le Fantôme de la mort noire

 
Directed by : Galina KRASNOBOROVA (Галина КРАСНОБОРОВА), Svetlana ZONOVA (Светлана ЗОНОВА)
Writing credits : Marina SASINA / SARK (Марина САСИНА / САРК)
 

Plot synopsis
The plague is the most terrible disease known to mankind. Numerous descriptions by historians, painters and poets testify to these abominable epidemics that invaded entire countries and continents and to the fight against this scourge during the Middle Ages. The 20th century is famous for having introduced the plague into the arsenal of the warring states in the form of a bacteriological weapon. The heroes of the film are Russian scientists and doctors who risked their lives to save people from the "black death". Despite the results achieved by Russian and world science and medicine, the experts interviewed in the film warn: it is premature to speak of a complete victory over the plague.