Release Date
2018-07-31
Status
Released
Original Title
Le savant, l'imposteur et Staline : Comment nourrir le peuple
Runtime
56 min
Original Language
FR
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
ARTE, Point du Jour
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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