Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestAfter failing to get into college, Sergei Krasheninnikov goes to visit his grandfather in a small town and starts working on a road construction crew. While working, the builders discover a soldier’s grave. Sergei is tasked with identifying the deceased. He begins his search.
Acting
Hrynko's grandfather—gruff warmth that anchors every scene.
Direction
Aronov and Zobin balance mystery with mundane beauty.
Writing
Three episodes, zero fat: every dig reveals character and history.
Vasili Funtikov
Серёжа Крашенинников - «Крош»
Mykola Hrynko
дедушка «Кроша»
Yuriy Oskin
Краюшкин
Ivan Shabaltas
Митя Бокарёв - старшина
Ernst Romanov
Виктор Борисович
Nikolai Gayevsky
Воронов - начальник ДСУ
Anatoliy Kotenyov
Андрей
Sergey Veshchyov
Юра
Boris Korostelyov
строитель
Mikhail Yakovlev
руководитель ВИА «Мельница»
Olga Smirnova
рабочая
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during glasnost's early thaw, this was among the first Soviet productions to treat WWII's unclaimed dead as individual lives rather than symbolic martyrs.
The three-episode structure mirrors Sergei's investigation stages: physical discovery, archival hunting, moral reckoning—each episode ending with him more entangled than before.
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