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Michael Strogoff

1975–1976 · 1 season

A stately, old-fashioned adventure serial that unfolds like a long journey, with period costumes and steady suspense rather than thrills.

Created by
Claude Desailly, Walter Ulbrich
Genres
History, Action & adventure, Drama
Starring
Raimund Harmstorf, Lorenza Guerrieri, Valerio Popesco
Overview
Captain Michael Strogoff is chosen in Moscow to be the courier of the Tsar, 5,523 km far to Irkutsk, to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge.

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Created by
Claude Desailly, Walter Ulbrich
Genres
History, Action & adventure, Drama
Starring
Raimund Harmstorf, Lorenza Guerrieri, Valerio Popesco
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • loyalty
    • betrayal
    • revenge
    • survival
    • power
    Places
    • road trip
    • countryside
    • wilderness
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    history, action & adventure, drama
    Created by
    Claude Desailly, Walter Ulbrich
    Written by
    Claude Desailly
    Starring
    Raimund Harmstorf, Lorenza Guerrieri, Valerio Popesco, Rada Rassimov, Vernon Dobtcheff, Pierre Vernier, József Madaras, János Kovács
    Music
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    Cinematography
    István Hildebrand
    Length
    1 seasons, 4 episodes, 90 min each
    Network
    TF1
    Country
    Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy, France
    Languages
    French

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