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The Macropoulos Method

The Macropoulos Method

1979 · 124 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, TV Movie

Based on the eponymous play by K. Čapek, directed by the State Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR. The Macropoulos Method — an elixir of immortality, the possibility of which becomes a test of the characters' human integrity in the play.

Directed by Maya Markova · Written by Karel Čapek

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