A prison colony where convicts remake Hollywood blockbusters — what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
22 minSeason 1 • Episode 17
LatestTimofey Nazarov, the head of the colony in the remote taiga, still dreams of escaping to the capital — and is betting on cinema again. But Nikolai Videnin was released, and now Nazarov is transferring a new prisoner to his colony — the famous Moscow director Matvey Selyuzhitsky, who gets the nickname "Motor" and begins to reshoot iconic Hollywood action films.
Writing
Meta-commentary on Hollywood through prison bars.
Direction
Shot-for-shot homages with zero budget, maximum heart.
Acting
Kolchin's Nazarov: desperate dreamer in a guard's uniform.
Creator
Sasha Abdullaev
Dmitry Kolchin
Назаров
Sergey Styopin
Сема
Andrey Sviridov
Немой
Maksim Kiselyov
Гаврила
Sergey Belyaev
Гундос
Irina Vybornova
Клава
Svetlana Kolpakova
Элла
Dmitriy Mukhamadeev
Чибис
Amadu Mamadakov
Якут
Anton Krotov
Пропеллер
Kristina Kucherenko
Valery Afanasyev
Konstantin Kryukov
Maksim Lagashkin
Докука
Aleksandra Khromova
Лера
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series interrogates how Soviet and post-Soviet audiences consumed Hollywood through pirated VHS, making 'remakes' a form of cultural reclamation.
Creator Sasha Abdullaev reportedly storyboarded every fake film-within-the-film himself, spending more time on Motor's 'productions' than some real directors.
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