A conman playing spy in Prague—what could possibly go wrong? Everything. Deliciously.
Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestHe is known as a Stargazer. But his real name is known to a very limited circle of people - his colleagues in the difficult espionage case. Sergey Chumakov, a young conman, lives in Prague with his girlfriend Lena according to someone else's documents.
Acting
Vdovichenkov's slippery charm masks genuine panic
Production
Prague locations that scream 'we're not in Moscow anymore'
Writing
Every alias peels back another layer of the real Chumakov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Сергей Чумаков
Yuliya Svezhakova
Анна
Daniil Strakhov
Виктор Костромитин, потомственный разведчик
Irina Leonova
Лена
Aleksandr Tyutin
Сергей Шевцов
Ivan Shabaltas
Илья Ставрогин
Igor Lifanov
Турок
Dmitriy Shevchenko
Жерар Бронье
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Актер
Sergey Grekov
Квятковский
Pavel Derevyanko
cryptographer Marat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Russia's early-2000s spy-fiction boom, when post-Soviet identity anxiety dominated popular culture.
Vdovichenkov later became the face of Russian prestige television; this was his breakout from 'pretty boy' to morally compromised lead.
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