1975-02-09 • 55 min
NOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early 20th century, and how it affected plant genetic research in the USSR.
Terrence Hardiman
Trofim Lysenko
David Swift
Nikolai Vavilov
Simon Lack
Zhukovsky
Richard Ireson
Prezent
George Cormack
Ivan Michurin
Forbes Collins
Iakovlev
Richard Beale
Lysenko's Father
Noel Davis
Scientist
Michael David
Agrobiologist
David James
Gorshkov
Brian Poyser
Shudenko
Eve Karpf
Woman
Frank Gillard
Narrator (voice)