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

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

7.3(3 votes)
2018
0h 56m
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
geneticspropagandasoviet unionscience historyhistory of science

Overview

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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