Leap to Fame

Leap to Fame

1959 · 115 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, History

The story of doctor Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who adapting Golgi's silver staining method enabled the visualization of the real structure of the central nervous system, based on individual cells, the neurons. For which both were bestowed the Nobel prize in 1906.

Directed by León Klimovsky · Written by Vicente Escrivá

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