About this season
The film follows esteemed gynecologist Pavel Kucotsky as he battles illegal abortions and the 1936 ban amid the political upheavals of mid-20th-century Russia— from Lysenkoism to Stalin’s funeral and the Khrushchev thaw—while public opinion casts him alternately as savior or villain. Interwoven are his wife Elena’s memory loss, their daughter’s turbulent coming-of-age, a Buenos Aires inheritance, and the bohemian jazz scene, all culminating in a saga of personal and national transformation.
Episodes (12)
1
E1
1. Episode 1
Aired 1 February 2005
2
E2
2. Episode 2
Aired 8 February 2005
3
E3
3. Episode 3
Aired 15 February 2005
4
E4
4. Episode 4
Aired 22 February 2005
5
E5
5. Episode 5
Aired 1 March 2005
6
E6
6. Episode 6
Aired 8 March 2005
7
E7
7. Episode 7
Aired 15 March 2005
8
E8
8. Episode 8
Aired 22 March 2005
9
E9
9. Episode 9
Aired 29 March 2005
10
E10
10. Episode 10
Aired 5 April 2005
11
E11
11. Episode 11
Aired 12 April 2005
12
E12
12. Episode 12
Aired 19 April 2005