'THE SLAVS' EPIC SERIES
SLOVAKIA'S MOST EXPENSIVE TELEVISION SERIES EVER
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| Tomas Mastalir plays the lead role in the series |
Although your trusted spy is inarguably world's number one source for international period set projects (as some of you like to say -
If I've heard about it, I've heard it from the spy) I don't think we've ever had anything from Slovakia, except that one time when they did
Maria Theresa co production with Austria and Hungary, but now they've joined forces with neighbouring Ukraine on new 12 episode historical mini series
THE SLAVS (Slovania) and today you can feast your eyes on the first photos from the sets of their most expensive series ever. Check out the teaser below, but have in mind it is just a very early promo teaser without any post production done on it.
What Is It About?
This historical adventure series is set in the 7th Century and
follows the lives of the occupants of the Carpathian basin, at the time
before the union of Slav tribes. The plot takes place at the
neighbouring forts Big Table and
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| With 4 million euro budget, it is the most expensive Slovak production ever |
Furnau, which need each other for trade
but the power interests and the pressure from the incoming Avar
marauders will put them into conflict. The main heroine, a young girl
called Draha (
Polina Nosykhina) is different
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| Postproduction will last till June, with airing in September 2020 |
than her peers
because she's conscious and ambitious. During her journey of self
discovery, she is accompanied by a mysterious stranger that she saved
and
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| The series will probably air sometime in late 2020 or 2021 |
named Vlad (
Juraj Loj), who is slowly becoming a member of
the fort Big Table. Although the occupants of the fort did not like him
at first, they are
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| Most of the shooting is taking place over in Ukraine |
getting used to him thanks to his heroic acts -
especially against the Avar tribes. Along with Vlad and Draha's story,
the series simultaneously follows the story of Radúz (
Tomás Mastalír), the son of fort Furnau's elder, who is a proud and well-trained warrior!
