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1990 multi-national TV series or program

Nikolai Vavilov

Written by	Yuri Arabov Aleksandr Proshkin Sergey Dyachenko
Directed by	Aleksandr Proshkin
Starring	Kostas Smoriginas Andrey Martynov Irina Kupchenko Bohdan Stupka Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Music by	Vladimir Martynov
Country of origin	Soviet Union East Germany
Original language	Russian
Production
Cinematography	Boris Brozhovsky
Running time	554 minutes
Production companies	Mosfilm Jonas Film Soyuztelefilm
Original release
Release	1 February (1990-02-01) – 1 June 1990 (1990-06-01)

Nikolai Vavilov (Russian: Николай Вавилов) is a 1990 6-part biographical television film. Joint production of the USSR and East Germany. Biopic devoted to the history of the life of Soviet biologist, academician Nikolai Vavilov.

Plot

History of life, contribution to science and social activities of academician Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov. His scientific and personal confrontation with Trofim Lysenko, the subsequent arrest and death of the scientist in prison.

Cast

Kostas Smoriginas as Nikolai Vavilov
Andrey Martynov as Sergey Vavilov
Irina Kupchenko as Nikolai Vavilov's second wife Yelena
Bohdan Stupka as Trofim Lysenko
Sergey Gazarov as Isaak Prezent
Georgy Kavtaradze as Stalin
Tamara Degtyaryova as Katya, Nikolai Vavilov's first wife
Sergey Plotnikov as Ivan Ilyich, father of brothers Vavilovs
Nikolai Lavrov as Professor Oleg Avdeev
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė as Natalia Karlovna Lemke, Nikolai Vavilov's secretary
Vyacheslav Ezepov as Andrei Zhdanov
Rim Ayupov as Vyacheslav Abramovich Terentyev
Nina Usatova as collective farm chairman
Igor Ivanov as Semyon Petrovich Scheludko
Elizaveta Nikischihina as Terentyeva
Georgy Sahakyan as double Stalin

Film crew

Screenwriters — Sergey Dyachenko, Yuri Arabov, Aleksandr Proshkin
Director-producer — Aleksandr Proshkin
Composer — Vladimir Martynov
Operator — Boris Brozhovsky
Production designers — Valery Filippov, Ulrich Bergfelder

Episodes

1.) Family (Russian: Семья)
2.) Secretary (Russian: Секретарша)
3.) Bodyguard (Russian: Телохранитель)
4.) Wife (Russian: Жена)
5.) Eldest Son (Russian: Старший сын)
6.) Bonfire (Russian: Костёр)

References

120 лет со дня рождения Н. И. Вавилова Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
Каст и сюжет
Николай Вавилов on KinoPoisk

External links

Nikolai Vavilov at IMDb
Nikolai Vavilov at the Kino-Teatr.ru

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