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Streets of Broken Lights

1998–2019 · 16 seasons

Gritty, wry police work in a hard-edged city, mixing grim cases with the easy banter of colleagues who have seen it all.

Created by: Pavel Simonov, Sergey Malyugov
Genres: Mystery, Action & adventure, Comedy
Starring: Aleksandr Polovtsev, Oleg Andreev, Mikhail Luchko

Overview: Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.

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Created by: Pavel Simonov, Sergey Malyugov
Genres: Mystery, Action & adventure, Comedy
Starring: Aleksandr Polovtsev, Oleg Andreev, Mikhail Luchko

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
justice
corruption
friendship
survival
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: mystery, action & adventure, comedy, drama
Created by: Pavel Simonov, Sergey Malyugov, Gennadi Glagolev, Iskander Khamrayev, Kirill Kapitsa, Andrey Morozov
Written by: Vladimir Bortko, Sergei Potepalov, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Vitali Aksyonov
Starring: Aleksandr Polovtsev, Oleg Andreev, Mikhail Luchko, Aleksandr Nesterov, Elena Kuprashevich, Boris Cherdyntsev, Yuliya Shubareva, Valeriya Kudryavtseva
Cinematography: Aleksandr Ustinov, Timur Iskyandarov
Length: 16 seasons, 501 episodes
Network: STS, Che, Russia-1, REN TV, Пятый канал, Russia-2, NTV MIR, DTV, TNT, NTV , Russian Detective, TV-6, Channel One
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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