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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.
Cast
Leonid Parfyonov, Sergey Shakurov, Vladislav Vetrov, Maxim Radugin, Anatoly Prosalov, Larisa Kuznetsova, Alexander Didenko, Vladimir Malkov, Bronislava Zakharova, Igor Kulachko, Ruslan Sadkovsky, Innokentiy Tarabara
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