The Thaw (2013)
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
Valery Todorovsky
director / Creator / Producer / Writer / Director
Duta Skhirtladze
Giya Taridze
Evgenia Brik
Larisa
Sofiya 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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