Nikolai Vavilov (film)

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.[1]

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.[2]

Cast

• Kostas Smoriginas as Nikolai Vavilov[3]
• 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

1. 120 лет со дня рождения Н. И. Вавилова Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
2. Каст и сюжет
3. Николай Вавилов on KinoPoisk

External links

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