Soviet TV time capsule: when state-approved fun was accidentally charming.
Announcer Aza Likhitchenko interviews the heroes of this season's premiere performances.
Production
Cramped TV studio becomes accidental time machine to 1962 Moscow.
Acting
Performers radiating 'what even IS this interview format' confusion.
Director
Matvey Volodarskiy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures the Khrushchev Thaw era, when Soviet culture briefly experimented with lighter programming before the stagnation era froze everything again.
Aza Likhitchenko was a legendary Soviet announcer—imagine Walter Cronkite hosting a variety show in a broom closet.
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