On the eve of the First World War, Russian counterintelligence becomes aware of the upcoming major sabotage in the Crimea. For its implementation, a German spy secretly penetrates the territory of Russia, who must mine the Sevastopol Bay, destroy the main forces of the Russian fleet and allow the landing of German-Turkish troops. To perform the task, he uses recruited Russians from a variety of backgrounds – from officers to criminals. One of them, our main character Arseny Sedov, becomes a friend of a spy. The enemy does not suspect that Arseny is actually a scout of the General Staff.
The story of the bloody confrontation between the new Chief of Criminal Police, a former local thief nicknamed the 'Ace', and a ruthless gangster, 'Mednik' more
The story of the bloody confrontation between the new Chief of Criminal Police, a former local thief nicknamed the 'Ace', and a ruthless gangster, 'Mednik' is dramatic, very human and very deep. The audience watches in awe the transformation of an inexperienced strong-headed bully into a deeply caring, strategically thinking chief investigator and a team leader. His criminal past allows Ace to successfully navigate through the gang wars eliminating outlaws one after another, until he runs into Mednik who escapes from all traps leaving pile of corpses behind. The conspiracy to overturn the Bolsheviks' regime culminates the last episodes and it's impossible to guess what will happen next. It's a well-written, well-directed and well-acted series with the kind of picture so engaging and immersing that the audience really feels lost when it's over. close
Evgeniy Serov,
Vsevolod Aravin,
Oleg Kompasov,
Pavel Ignatov
The elderly criminal authority Semyon Timofeevich Babushkin, about whose thieving talent legends were made up at the time, has not left prison for the more
The elderly criminal authority Semyon Timofeevich Babushkin, about whose thieving talent legends were made up at the time, has not left prison for the last 35 years, preferring it to freedom, where he has no friends or relatives left. close
The General Intelligence Agency becomes aware that field commander Masood is planning a large-scale terrorist attack comparable to or even superior to more
The General Intelligence Agency becomes aware that field commander Masood is planning a large-scale terrorist attack comparable to or even superior to the September 11 attack. The GRU introduces Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Krylov to Masud - a fellow student and close friend at the Ryazan Airborne School. The task of Nicholas, as much as possible, in a “trusting” conversation, to understand whether the information about the impending terrorist attack is true. close
The nickname "Lancet" Ilya Ladynin received in medical school for his love of surgery. Now Ladynin is on the verge of despair: his wife died suddenly, more
The nickname "Lancet" Ilya Ladynin received in medical school for his love of surgery. Now Ladynin is on the verge of despair: his wife died suddenly, his son blames him for the death of his mother and moves to his grandmother. Only the work could “cure”, but the worst nightmare of any surgeon comes true – tremor. Ladynin loses the patient and can no longer operate. He is ready to retire from medicine, but receives an unexpected offer to head the hospital’s internal investigations unit. Ilya decides that the new appointment will help to understand what went wrong in the treatment of his wife, and agrees. . .
After faking his own death, notorious gangster Volkov (Wolf) retires overseas with a new identity. When his parents die in a car accident 20 years later, more
After faking his own death, notorious gangster Volkov (Wolf) retires overseas with a new identity. When his parents die in a car accident 20 years later, he secretly returns to his hometown and learns that the nephew of a local mobster is responsible for his parents’ death. After killing the man, a battle between the old-newcomer and local crime bosses unfolds. close