71 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestAt the end of the 19th century, a series of mysterious murders occur in the provincial city of N. Metropolitan investigator Goremykin arrives at the crime scene. The search for the perpetrators leads to an unexpected conclusion – a revolutionary circle within the city, which consists of two young men recently returned from Switzerland.
Acting
Matveev's Stavrogin—magnetic, hollow, absolutely cursed.
Production
Sweaty, claustrophobic 19th-century Russia you can practically smell.
Creator
Vladimir Khotinenko
Maksim Matveev
Николай Ставрогин
Anton Shagin
Петр Верховенский
Sergey Makovetskiy
Павел Дмитриевич Горемыкин
Vladimir Zaytsev
Иван Львович Флибустьеров
Evgeniy Tkachuk
Иван Шатов
Alexej Kirsanov
Алексей Кириллов
Mariya Lugovaya
Даша Шатова
Nadezhda Markina
Варвара Петровна Ставрогина
Igor Kostolevskiy
Степан Трофимович Верховенский
Boris Kamorzin
Игнат Лебядкин
Mariya Shalaeva
Марья Тимофеевна Лебядкина
Aleksandr Galibin
Андрей Антонович (Губернатор)
Natalya Kurdyubova
Юлия Михайловна
Natalya Shvets
Мария Игнатьевна Шатова
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Khotinenko filmed this during a tense political climate in Russia; state TV funding for Dostoevsky's critique of radical youth carried its own irony.
The 'N' city setting is classic Dostoevsky coyness—anywhere and everywhere, deliberately unplaceable so it feels like your own backyard.
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