15 Dec 1984
The Ratings Game
A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Zvorykin-Muromets
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.
Top Billed Cast
Леонид Парфёнов Narrator
Сергей Шакуров Vladimir Zvorykin
Владислав Ветров 
Максим Радугин 
Anatoly Prosalov 
Лариса Кузнецова 
Alexander Didenko 
Владимир Малков 
Бронислава Захарова 
Игорь Кулачко Ruslan Sadkovsky Иннокентий Тарабара 
Елена Лемешко
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