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Nikolay Vavilov

1991 · 1 season

A slow, somber plunge into Soviet repression, watching a principled scientist ground down by ideology and betrayal.

Created by
Aleksandr Proshkin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kostas Smoriginas, Andrey Martynov, Irina Kupchenko
Overview
Biopic devoted to the history of the life of Soviet biologist, academician Nikolai Vavilov. His scientific and personal confrontation with Trofim Lysenko, the subsequent arrest and death of the scientist in prison.

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Created by
Aleksandr Proshkin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kostas Smoriginas, Andrey Martynov, Irina Kupchenko
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • science
  • power
  • corruption
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • prison
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Aleksandr Proshkin
Written by
Yuriy Arabov, Aleksandr Proshkin, Serhiy Dyachenko
Starring
Kostas Smoriginas, Andrey Martynov, Irina Kupchenko, Bohdan Stupka, Sergey Gazarov, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Tamara Degtyaryova, Oleg Korchikov
Music
Vladimir Martynov
Cinematography
Boris Brozhovsky
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
Central Television USSR
Country
Soviet Union, East Germany
Languages
Russian

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