Two men swap lives, one becomes a hero, the other a monster — and they both love the same woman.
Season 1 • Episode 10
Latest1938, Soviet Russia. There were two of them, both strong and courageous. But one fateful day, Igor Petrov, the commander of a Red Army unit, is compelled to exchange ID papers with a satecracker known as Ash. The incident leads both men to start their lives completely anew. For the following ten years, Petrov and Ash will live their lives in the fear of discovery. They will commit acts of bravery and insidious crimes in the name of the other so that the thiet becomes a hero, while the commander turns into a violent outlaw. The only thing they have in common is a tragic, painful love for the same woman. For ten years they will each encounter death and destruction before fate brings them together once more. There will be two of them again - strong and courageous, ready to fight for their love.. with the knowledge that retribution awaits them.
Acting
Mashkov and Mironov devour their dual roles
Cinematography
Bleak Soviet grandeur, snow and shadows
Direction
Perelman crafts dread in every frame
Creator
Vadim Perelman
Vladimir Mashkov
Igor Anatolievich Petrov
Evgeny Mironov
Arseny Nikolayevich Skvortsov
Elena Lyadova
Rita (Igor's wife)
Sergey Garmash
Major Zakhar Ignatievich Kupriyanov (MIA investigator)
Chulpan Khamatova
Sonya (Restaurant singer)
Andrey Smolyakov
Vitya "Сloakroom" (Criminal leader)
Pyotr Mamonov
"Grandfather Leuva" (Professional thief)
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Gleb Vladimirovich Ryazantsev
Irina Rozanova
Nadezhda Lvovna Gurova
Sergey Chonishvili
Sergey Leonidovich Eremenko
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Yuriy Utkin
Oleg Khamitov
Nikita Rogov
Ivan Chikurchikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from the novel by Oleg Postnov, the series captures the paranoid atmosphere of late Stalinist Russia where identity itself was a state-controlled fiction.
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