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Apostle

2008 · 1 season

A tense, slow-burning wartime thriller that keeps you on edge with its cat-and-mouse espionage and moral ambiguity.

Created by
Oleg Antonov, Grigori Manukov
Genres
War & politics, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Andrey Smirnov, Andrei Gusev, Yuriy Nazarov
Overview
At the beginning of the war, the Germans throw their saboteur into the USSR. The landing is unsuccessful - the spy is captured by the NKVD. When trying to escape, a saboteur who turned out to be a Russian thief in law, accidentally remaining in the occupied territory, dies. In order to find the other spies involved in the operation, the security officers have to turn to the criminal's twin brother, a rural teacher. He takes the place of the deceased in the German intelligence network and enters into a deadly game...

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Created by
Oleg Antonov, Grigori Manukov
Genres
War & politics, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Andrey Smirnov, Andrei Gusev, Yuriy Nazarov
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • identity
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
war & politics, mystery, drama
Created by
Oleg Antonov, Grigori Manukov
Written by
Grigori Manukov, Oleg Antonov
Starring
Andrey Smirnov, Andrei Gusev, Yuriy Nazarov, Alexandr Novin, Alyona Babenko, Aleksandr Bashirov, Karen Badalov, Larisa Malevannaya
Cinematography
Anatoly Petriga
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 50 min each
Network
Channel One
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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