25 minSeason 5 • Episode 21
LatestKsenia has ambition, lots of it. She wants to make it big in hospitality. Chasing her goal she comes to Moscow where she meets a new eccentric hotel owner of The Grand hotel. Not someone to let the truth stand in the way of an opportunity, Ksenia presents herself as a professional, ready for a management position. Her lies are caught out and she’s packed off to the rather unglamorous laundry to begin her career in hospitality. Will Ksenia be able to tame her adventurous nature and to fit into the tight-knit hotel team at The Grand? Or will she blow it?
Acting
Mila Syvatska's chaotic charisma carries every ridiculous scheme.
Production
Moscow hotel glamour contrasted with grimy back-of-house reality.
Writing
Snappy Russian workplace banter that somehow hits universal.
Creator
Dmitry Gribanov
Konstantin Beloshapka
Alexey Zuenok
Mila Syvatska
Ksenia Zavgorodnaya
Aleksandr Lykov
Lev Glebovich Fedotov
Olga Smirnova
Olga Bogdanovna
Ekaterina Vilkova
Sofia Tolstaya
Elena Ksenofontova
Eleanor Galanova
Miloš Biković
Pavel Arkadevich
Grigorij Sijatvinda
Mikhail Djekovic
Aleksandr Sokolovjvskiy
Kseniya Teplova
Vladislav Vetrov
Nikolay Shrayber
Alexandra Kuzenkina
Igor Khripunov
Natalya Shchukina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Grand became a sleeper hit for Russian expats globally, offering rare subtitled access to contemporary Russian comedy beyond the usual bleak dramas.
Creator Dmitry Gribanov reportedly based Ksenia's arc on his own early career fibs in television production — art imitating barely-concealed life.
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