SPOTLIGHT ON 1920'S SET HISTORICAL SERIES CONSTANTINOPLE ON THE EXILED REFUGEES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

   CONSTANTINOPLE  

HISTORICAL SERIES TRAILER AND AIR DATE

The series starts this month in Russia

Back in March I gave you the first images from Russian new war series CONSTANT- INOPLE from director Sergei Chekalov and with our dearest Vyacheslav Chepurchenko in the lead role beside Sergei Marin and Alexander Ustyugov. Now we have the trailer and stream date of October 30th on Ivi streamer and then linear on NTV on November 3rd. It is set at the beginning of the 20th century following Russian officers in exile who are trying to survive in Constantinople among other refugees. It is interesting that Azerbaijani capital Tbilisi served as Constantinople during the shooting of the series. Check out the visually stunning trailer below and tell us what you think. Would you watch the ten part series if you had the chance to?

THE ACTION TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER 1920

White Guard officer Sergei Neratov (Alexander Ustyugov) arrives from Crimea to Constantinople together with the remnants of Wrangel's defeated army and civilian refugees. Alone and broken, having lost absolutely everything in the revolution and the Civil War - the army was defeated, his wife and children died - Neratov becomes the head of the Russian emigration.In Constantinople, where the Russian refugees had pinned their hopes for salvation and freedom, they are met with a cold reception. Sergei Neratov is a principled Russian officer who puts duty and honor above  personal gain. He finds himself in a completely alien world, where refugees from Russia are perceived as “second-class” people – outcasts doomed to poverty and death. But Neratov is able to defend the right of his compatriots to a decent life. He will be able to protect the Russian world from tyranny.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM 1920'S SET HISTORICAL SERIES CONSTANTINOPLE ON THE EXILED REFUGEES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

   CONSTANTINOPLE  

FIRST IMAGES FROM HISTORICAL SERIES

You can always count on brothers Russians to have some new historical series for us. Today you can check out first images from their upcoming new war series CONSTANTINOPLE from director Sergei Chekalov and with our dearest Vyacheslav Chepurchenko in the lead role beside Sergei Marin and Alexander Ustyugov. Done for NTV and Ivi streamer it is set at the beginning of the 20th century following  Russian officers in exile who are trying to survive in Constantinople among other refugees. The series will be filmed in Moscow, St. Petersburg with Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, acting as Constantinople.

 

THE ACTION TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER 1920

White Guard officer Sergei Neratov (Alexander Ustyugov) arrives from Crimea to Constantinople together with the remnants of Wrangel's defeated army and civilian refugees. Alone and broken, having lost absolutely everything in the revolution and the Civil War - the army was defeated, his wife and children died - Neratov becomes the head of the Russian emigration. In Constantinople, where the Russian refugees had pinned their hopes for salvation and freedom, they are met with a cold reception. Sergei Neratov is a principled Russian officer who puts duty and honor above personal gain. He finds himself in a completely alien world, where refugees from Russia are perceived as “second-class” people – outcasts doomed to poverty and death. But Neratov is able to defend the right of his compatriots to a decent life. He will be able to protect the Russian world from tyranny.

 

SEE FIRST TEASER TRAILER FOR ENCHANTING MOVIE ADAPTATION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALE THE TINDERBOX

   FIRST THE TINDERBOX   

TRAILER FROM NEW FAIRY TALE MOVIE

Tinderbox is out this October in Russia

In a whole slate of fairy tale movies being produced in Russia, there is also a big screen adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale THE TINDERBOX titled in Russia as OGNIVO (Огниво). Directed by Alexander Voitinsky who also helmed another upcoming fairy tale adventure The Wish of the Fairy Fish, it will also be made into a TV series for Russian national broadcaster. The film stars Roman Evdokimov, Irina Starshenbaum, Antonina Boyko, Vitaly Khaev, Mikhail Trukhin, Yan Tsapnik and Sergey Marin. Filming took place in the Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg, as well as in the Novgorod region on the locations of such historical sites as the Novgorod Kremlin, the Vitoslavlitsy Museum-Reserve and the Znamensky Compound. The film is out October 24th in domestic cinemas in Russia and then around Europe.

THE STORY OF THE MOVIE 

 The main character Ivan is used to never getting lost: it’s easy to fool anyone, pretending to be a soldier is even easier! But one day, while looking for luck, he finds a flint - an old tinderbox. And from there suddenly Princess Dasha appears and asks for help. And the hero will have to fight not only for the princess, but also for truth, hope and love. Dangerous adventures, battles, ambushes and an insidious enemy await Vanya and his horse named Whereto. And he accepts the fight!

 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON IMPERIAL VACCINATION 18TH CENTURY CATHERINE THE GREAT HISTORICAL TV SERIES!

  IMPERIAL VACCINATION 

NEW HISTORICAL TV SERIES

The series is streaming on Smotrim

Back in February your trusted spy has mentioned new Russian drama IMPERIAL VACCINATION (Царская прививка) and today we are spotlighting it as it has started streaming in Russia from November 23rd on their streamer Smotrim. Helmed by Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes director Yegor Anashkin, the series sees the role of Empress Catherine II given to Irina Pegova, with Philip Yankovsky, Sergey Marin, Svetlana Smirnova-Katsagadzhieva, Yuri Kuznetsov, Marco Dinelli, Polina Rezaeva, Anton Denisenko, Maria Paley, Alexei Vedernikov also in the cast.

 

IMPERIAL VACCINATION
is a fascinating story about how, for the first time in the history of Russia, mass vaccination was carried out, saving tens of thousands of lives. In 1768, at the height of the most severe smallpox epidemic that killed every tenth inhabitant of the country, Empress Catherine II decides to set a personal example for her subjects: together with her heir, Tsarevich Pavel, she is the first to be vaccinated against a terrible disease and declares vaccination mandatory for everyone - despite the court orders. intrigue, peasant riots and the impending war with Turkey, this decree must be carried out at all costs, otherwise the deadly virus will claim even more lives. 

 

SEE FIRST IMAGE OF DANIEL DONSKOY IN NEW RUSSIAN 19TH CENTURY SET HISTORICAL COMEDY SERIES SERFS! PLUS 1ST TEASER FOR 1820S SET SERIES CERBERUS WITH SERGEY MARIN

 SERFS PERIOD SET SERIES 

FIRST LOOK AT DANIEL DONSKOY

Today I have for you first look at our dear Daniel Donskoy, whom last you watched as a Roman soldier in Barbarians, in new Russian series SERFS

Daniel Donskoy stars in Serfs series

(Крепостные) which will hit Russian TNT next year as a historical comedy following serfs who are forced to go on the run after the absurd death of their master. 1822, a typical situation for those years: the tyrant master, like many nobles who own estates and peasants, abuses his position. It doesn’t cost him anything to pester a forced beauty or order a groom to be flogged for the slightest offense. At the same time, the landowner is considered neither good nor bad, but an ordinary representative of his class in the first half of the 19th century, but the serfs dream of leaving his power. The poor fellow's dream comes true: the master dies. But freedom from the landowner does not give them happiness, because the circumstances of the owner’s death indicate that any of the peasants belonging to him could be guilty. This means that the servants will not see a quiet life and will not be able to enjoy life without strict rules. Therefore, the only solution that comes to the minds of the serfs is to flee. Here it is - the long-awaited romance and the absence of a tyrant owner: how easy it is to break loose and get into trouble.

  CERBERUS TV SERIES  

NEW 19TH CENTURY TEASER

Sergey Marin leads Cerberus seriers

Speaking of upcoming new historical series from Russian, check out new images from  CERBERUS (Цербер) which will air on Premier streamer in Russia and NTV channel. We also have the first teaser trailer for the series and you can check it out below the post along with the first poster.

 

  THE STORY 

is set in 1826, St. Petersburg. After the suppression of speeches on Senate Square, the investigating commission begins to search for participants in the Decembrist uprising. Some of them are revealed to the authorities by the informers. Suddenly, a series of brutal murders takes place in St. Petersburg: those who snitched on the Decembrists become victims. Near the bodies of the dead, there is invariably a piece of paper with lines from a poem by the young poet Alexander Pushkin. A detective (Timofey Tribuntsev) who arrived from Moscow to St. Petersburg, as well as a nobleman (Sergey Marin), who was released from arrest, take up the investigation of the case. It turns out that the secret investigation is not dealing with criminality, but with a strictly planned political revenge. Revenge, the highest point of which should be the murder of the new Russian Tsar Nicholas I.

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM ENCHANTING MOVIE ADAPTATION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALE THE TINDERBOX

 FIRST THE TINDERBOX IMAGES 

FROM NEW FAIRY TALE MOVIE

In a whole slate of fairy tale movies being produced in Russia, there is also a big screen adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale THE TINDERBOX titled in Russia as OGNIVO (Огниво). Directed by Alexander Voitinsky who also helmed another upcoming fairy tale adventure The Wish of the Fairy Fish, it will also be made into a TV series for Russian national broadcaster. The film stars Roman Evdokimov, Irina Starshenbaum, Antonina Boyko, Vitaly Khaev, Mikhail Trukhin, Yan Tsapnik and Sergey Marin. Filming takes place in the Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg, as well as in the Novgorod region on the locations of such historical sites as the Novgorod Kremlin, the Vitoslavlitsy Museum-Reserve and the Znamensky Compound.

THE STORY OF THE MOVIE 

 The main character Ivan is used to never getting lost: it’s easy to fool anyone, pretending to be a soldier is even easier! But one day, while looking for luck, he finds a flint - an old tinderbox. And from there suddenly Princess Dasha appears and asks for help. And the hero will have to fight not only for the princess, but also for truth, hope and love. Dangerous adventures, battles, ambushes and an insidious enemy await Vanya and his horse named Whereto. And he accepts the fight!

 

RICHARD ARMITAGE TO LEAD NEW ITVX THRILLER TV SERIES RED EYE! VISIT 19TH CENTURY IMPERIAL RUSSIA IN CERBERUS CRIME TV SERIES!

  RICHARD ARMITAGE TO LEAD  

RED EYE ITV THRILLER SERIES

ITVX has set Richard Armitage as the lead in their new thriller mini series RED EYE set between an all-night plane flight from London to Beijing and the corridors of power within Whitehall. After attending a medical conference in Beijing and coming frighteningly close to

Richard Armitage will lead the new show

dying in a car crash, Dr Matthew Nolan (Armitage) arrives home and is immediately arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport. Exhausted and confused, Nolan is accused of the murder of a woman who was in the car he crashed. Despite his protests that he was driving alone, Nolan is set to return to China to face charges. DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi) is the no-nonsense, London officer charged with accompanying Nolan back to Beijing. Her resentment for this assignment, and of Nolan himself, is immediate. However, in flight, when a first death occurs, DC Li begins to suspect foul play. Further deaths confirm that Nolan is in danger, and after a call from MI5, Hana finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy. Back in London, Hana’s sister, scrappy reporter Jess Li (Jemma Moore) is running her own investigation into Nolan’s extradition and finds herself running for her life from an unknown assassin. And in Thames House, the head of MI5, Madeline Delaney (Lesley Sharp) breaks protocol and risks her entire career to not only help Hana and Nolan stay alive, but to expose an international conspiracy that seems to implicate both China and people in her own government.

  CERBERUS TV SERIES  

NEW RUSSIAN HISTORICAL SHOW

We are over in Ivanovo today where Pilot, a Russian series festival similar to MipCom, is taking place presenting upcoming new projects. The only historical drama in the competition there is CERBERUS (Цербер) which will air on Premier streamer in Russia. The story is set in 1826, St. Petersburg. After the suppression of speeches on Senate Square, the investigating commission begins to search for participants in the Decembrist uprising. Some of them are revealed to the authorities by the informers. Suddenly, a series of brutal murders takes place in St. Petersburg: those who snitched on the Decembrists become victims. Near the bodies of the dead, there is invariably a piece of paper with lines from a poem by the young poet Alexander Pushkin. A detective (Timofey Tribuntsev) who arrived from Moscow to St. Petersburg, as well as a nobleman (Sergey Marin), who was released from arrest, take up the investigation of the case. It turns out that the secret investigation is not dealing with criminality, but with a strictly planned political revenge. Revenge, the highest point of which should be the murder of the new Russian Tsar Nicholas I.

FIRST PHOTOS FROM LAVISH RUSSIAN EPIC TV SAGA THE CATHEDRAL SET DURING THE 18TH CENTURY REFORMS OF TZAR PETER THE GREAT

     THE CATHEDRAL   

EPIC TV SERIES FROM RUSSIA

We're having an international historical series weekend today and tomorrow as it seems to me it will be the non English series that will save 2021 when it comes to the costume drama just like they did this year when the

The new epic series will air next year in twelve episodes

whole slate of Spanish, German, Italian and Russian drama brought a much needed refreshment to the period set genre. Russia is preparing a couple of historical sagas, and your trusted spy will unveil them one by one when the

Maxim Averin plays the tzar of Russia Peter the Great himself

time comes, as you've grown used to hearing about international dramas first from the spy, but we shall start today with THE CATHEDRAL (Cобор) which will air in twelve episode sometime next year set in the imperial Russia

Sergey Marin plays the lead role of Ivan in the series

of the 1700s during the golden reign of legendary tzar Peter I, famous for his reformations which brought enlightenment to the traditionalist country, for the expansion of the empire which became a major European power during

The series will be rich with opulent costumes, traditional ones too

his rule, and for the foundation of the new capital Saint Petersburg. Sergey Marin (in the lead role), Svetlana Ivanova (as princess Marina), Maksim Averin (as Emperor Peter the Great) and Yulia Snigir (whom you

The production of the epic saga lasted for record 200 days!

remember from other epic series Catherine the Great, The Road to Calvary and Blood Baroness) star in the series that was produced from Autumn 2019 till spring 2020.

THE STORY OF THE UNKNOWN HERO OF THE GREAT CHANGES 

Different strokes for different folks - says the proverb. Born a rabble dies a rabble. But this is the year 1700, the time of dramatic changes in the Russian Empire, the time of reformations carried out by Peter the Great. Young serf

The crew covered more than 4000km during the production

Ivan Starshov is head over heels in love with Maria, the daughter of his master. He doesn't want to accept that the young princess is no match for him.

The series depicts the new world and new life that started with Peter

"You gave me wishes, but you do not allow me to satisfy them!" rages Ivan against God. He asks a priest for help, since God created all people equal. But

A whole port was built for the series in the Gulf of Finland

the priest repeats the proverb. Accept your fate destiny as it is. In despair, Starshov repudiates from faith. Ivan is stubborn; he leaves the village to take

According to the legend, the real cathedral got burned down

possession of his fate. This is how the protagonist gets on the winding road to the true understanding of Love. On the way to his goal, our hero also changes. Internally - from denial of God to a conscious faith, which will lead him to a burning desire to build a cathedral in the new capital - St. Petersburg.