10.049 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestAn ambitious professor of psychiatry, Viktor Meshchersky, conducts a dangerous psychological experiment in which, under false pretenses, he locks victims and their abusers in the basement, hiding his true goals. The subsequent investigation will reveal the real motives of the professor, and will tie together the confusing stories of all participants in the cruel experiment.
Acting
Fyodor Bondarchuk's professor is chillier than Siberian winter.
Direction
Basement scenes feel genuinely suffocating — purposeful discomfort.
Creators
Nurbek Egen, Roman Novikov
Fyodor Bondarchuk
профессор Виктор Мещерский
Sergey Garmash
Степан
Alyona Mikhaylova
Катя
Petr Skvortsov
Рома
Elizaveta Shakira
Наташа
Sergey Goroshko
Елисей
Konstantin Plotnikov
Андрей
Yuliya Volkova
Татьяна
Джалалитдин Ибрагимов
Нурлан
Dmitriy Vorobyov
Сергей Аркадьевич
Michael Khmurov
старший следователь СК Сергей Брындин
Sergey Gorodnichy
Дмитрий Заварзин
Sofiya Suchkova
Алиса
Elena Radevich
мама Кати Женя
Polina Malikova
Тома
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of morally complex Russian psychological thrillers examining post-Soviet institutional decay and the failure of state systems to protect the vulnerable.
The kalimba instrument recurs as psychological anchor — Meshchersky uses it to trigger and control subjects, making music itself a weapon of coercion.
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