8.072 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestAfter another scandal, the son of a Soviet functionary is sent to the organizing committee of the Olympic Games-80 for correction, where he begins to work as a simple volunteer. His boss is the daughter of a high—ranking military man, and she is not going to make any concessions to a spoiled guy from a rich family. Once on the other side of the world event poster, he will meet different people who will change his outlook on life — athletes, coaches and other volunteers. Through their eyes, he will see all the drama around the preparation for the big competition, which was on the verge of collapse.
Production
Painstaking recreation of Moscow '80 — those Olympic bear mascots!
Acting
Vernik's smug-to-woke transformation is chef's kiss.
Creator
Aleksandra Remizova
Grigory Vernik
Игорь Зорин
Mariya Karpova
Ирина Светлова
Igor Kostolevskiy
Виктор Ходаков
Yuriy Stoyanov
Леонид Брежнев
Evgeniy Stychkin
Энтони
Igor Gordin
Бледнов
Vyacheslav Chepurchenko
Виталий Тимошкин
Aleksey Serebryakov
Иван Иванович, отец Игоря
Aleksandra Bortich
Катя
Pavel Maykov
Сан Саныч
Mariya Maykova
Лида
Stanislav Demushin
Дмитрий Сибирцев
Sergey Chonishvili
Александр Дмитриевич, отец Ирины
Rodion Dolgirev
Чирик
Evgeniy Sannikov
Боков
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series filmed at actual 1980 Olympic venues including the Luzhniki Stadium, some still bearing original signage.
Misha the Bear's tearful farewell in the closing ceremony — recreated here — became a symbol of lost Soviet optimism; the real 1980 Games were the last Olympics Eastern Bloc countries attended before the boycott wars began.
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