I didn't make any further research on the film which is a fictionalized account of the last years (1917, 1918) in the life of the Petersburg biologist Kliment Timiryazev, called Polezhaev in the film and played by Cherkassov. The propaganda elements are in place: In awe, everybody listens when Comrade Lenin is on the phone, or when his letter is being read. The finale is the ob...