The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People

Name: The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
Director: Gulya Mirzoeva
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2018-07-31
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Marina Vlady

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★ 7.3

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The documentary tells two very different human fates in the 1920s Soviet Union. Nikolai Vavilov was a botanical genius, Trofim Lyssenko was an agronomist who made great promises and fake inventions. Each of them tried to solve the country's nutritional problem, but only one succeeded.

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Cast

Marina Vlady

(voice)

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