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The Monarch Butterfly

Plot: A young biophysicist, dreaming of spiritual and physical immortality, makes an experiment on himself: by radioactive irradiation he violates the genetic code, as a result of which he passes into another biological substance and becomes immeasurably more perfect than his fellows on Earth.
Release Date: Monday, May 12 1980
44 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Donatas BanionisDonatas Banionis. Donatas Banionis was 56 in The Monarch Butterfly
Birthday: Mon, Apr 28 1924 –
Died: Thu, Sep 04 2014
Portrait of Juozas KiseliusJuozas Kiselius. Juozas Kiselius was 30 in The Monarch Butterfly
Birthday: Wed, Jun 22 1949 –
Died: Fri, May 10 1991
Portrait of Aleksandr AbdulovAleksandr Abdulov. Aleksandr Abdulov was 26 in The Monarch Butterfly
Birthday: Fri, May 29 1953 –
Died: Thu, Jan 03 2008
Portrait of David MkrtchyanDavid Mkrtchyan. David Mkrtchyan was >> in The Monarch Butterfly
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Algimantas MasiulisAlgimantas Masiulis. Algimantas Masiulis was 48 in The Monarch Butterfly
Birthday: Fri, Jul 10 1931 –
Died: Tue, Aug 19 2008
Portrait of Albert FilozovAlbert Filozov. Albert Filozov was 42 in The Monarch Butterfly
Birthday: Fri, Jun 25 1937 –
Died: Mon, Apr 11 2016

Crew

Portrait of Avtandil KvirikashviliAvtandil Kvirikashvili. Avtandil Kvirikashvili was 33 in The Monarch Butterfly as 'Director'
Birthday: Thu, Dec 12 1946
Portrait of Genri AbramyanGenri Abramyan. Genri Abramyan was 42 in The Monarch Butterfly as 'Director of Photography'
Birthday: Tue, Sep 21 1937 –
Died: Mon, Feb 24 1997
Portrait of Vytautas ZalakeviciusVytautas Zalakevicius. Vytautas Zalakevicius was 50 in The Monarch Butterfly as 'Writer'
Birthday: Mon, Apr 14 1930 –
Died: Tue, Nov 12 1996
Portrait of Vyacheslav ArtyomovVyacheslav Artyomov. Vyacheslav Artyomov was 39 in The Monarch Butterfly as 'Music'
Birthday: Sat, Jun 29 1940
Portrait of Ray BradburyRay Bradbury. Ray Bradbury was 59 in The Monarch Butterfly as 'Author'
Birthday: Sun, Aug 22 1920 –
Died: Tue, Jun 05 2012
Portrait of Vytautas KalinauskasVytautas Kalinauskas. Vytautas Kalinauskas was >> in The Monarch Butterfly as 'Production Design'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday