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Zvorykin-Muromets

Zvorykin-Muromets

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Parfenov's documentary is about a brilliant scientist and engineer, born in Russia, but only known on the other side of the ocean. The invention of modern television changed the history of mankind. The invention has an author, who is almost unknown in his homeland. Vladimir Zworykin, born in Murom, a Russian American, was the person who created distant wireless transmission of images.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

141 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

15 March 2010

Country

Russia

Cast

Leonid Parfyonov

Leonid Parfyonov

Narrator

Sergey Shakurov

Sergey Shakurov

Vladimir Zvorykin

Vladislav Vetrov

Vladislav Vetrov

Maxim Radugin

Maxim Radugin

Anatoly Prosalov

Anatoly Prosalov

Larisa Kuznetsova

Larisa Kuznetsova

Alexander Didenko

Alexander Didenko

Vladimir Malkov

Vladimir Malkov

Bronislava Zakharova

Bronislava Zakharova

Igor Kulachko

Igor Kulachko

Ruslan Sadkovsky

Ruslan Sadkovsky

Innokentiy Tarabara

Innokentiy Tarabara

Elena Lemeshko

Elena Lemeshko

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