The Thaw (2013)
The Thaw (2013)
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Plot.
The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.
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Cast & Crew.

Yevgeni Tsyganov
Viktor Khrustalyov

Aleksandr Yatsenko
Egor Myachin

Anna Chipovskaya
Maryana Pichugina

Viktoriya Isakova
Inga

Mikhail Efremov
Fyodor Krivitskiy

Yana Sekste
Lyusya Polynina

Pavel Derevyanko
Budnik

Svetlana Kolpakova
Nadya Krivitskaya

Andrey Smirnov
Khrustalyov Sr.

Nina Dvorzhetskaya
Regina Markovna

Evgeniy Volotskiy
Aleksandr Pichugin

Viktor Horinyak
Ruslan

Anna Kotova
Lida

Paulina Andreeva
Dina

Vladimir Gostyukhin
Semyon Pronin

Vasiliy Mishchenko
Tsanin

Larisa Malevannaya
Zoya Aleksandrovna

Olga Shtyrkova
Asya

Fyodor Lavrov
Kostya Pashkin

Nadezhda Markina
Olga Filippovna

Duta Skhirtladze
Giya Taridze

Valery Todorovsky
director / Creator / Producer / Writer / Director

Evgenia Brik
Larisa

Sofya Kashtanova
Sophia Loren
Media.



Details.
Release DateDecember 2, 2013
Original NameОттепель
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes12
Running Time55m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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Wiki.
The Thaw (Russian: Оттепель, romanized: Ottepel) is a Russian television series which debuted in 2013. Valery Todorovsky debuted as a TV director with it. The series is a melodrama about life in the Soviet Union during the Khrushchev Thaw, specifically about film artists of the age. Relational is that Todorovsky's father worked on film in roughly this era. In the West the series has been compared to Mad Men in terms of tone and visuals, though the subject and plots are quite different.
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