Kristina Asmus scrubs in as a trauma surgeon dismantling patriarchy one suture at a time.
1.044 minSeason 1 • Episode 16
LatestEvgenia Pokrovskaya is a traumatologist at the Institute of Emergency Medicine. She fights every shift to save the lives of patients, overcoming the gender prejudices of colleagues. Despite this, she tries to devote time to her personal life.
Acting
Asmus carries surgical precision and barely-contained rage.
Direction
Agranovich makes bureaucracy feel as urgent as arterial spray.
Production
Authentic Sklifosovsky Institute access = gloriously grimy realism.
Kristina Asmus
Женя Покровская
Matvey Lykov
Роман Поликарпов
Semen Serzin
Алексей Топорков
Boris Khvoshnyanskiy
Николай Поликарпов
Aleksandr Tyutin
Павел Багров
Ivan Okhlobystin
Калинин
Eldar Tramov
Рифат
Natalya Medvedeva
Людмила
Anastasiia Dvorianskaia
Михальская
Iya Isoti
Трушина
Sofya Kashtanova
жена Калинина
Oksana Streltsova
Алёна
Анастасия Гайворонская
Малевич
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Sklifosovsky Institute is Moscow's most prestigious emergency hospital, making this essentially Russian 'Grey's Anatomy' with actual healthcare system critique.
Kristina Asmus reportedly shadowed surgeons for months; that scalpel grip in episode 7 is 100% hers, no hand double.
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