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A.L.Zh.I.R

2019 · 1 season

A harrowing, slow-burning descent into a Soviet prison camp, anchored by women's resilience and quiet dignity amid relentless suffering.

Created by
Oleg Sirotkin, Marijetta Zaharjan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Darya Ekamasova, Ekaterina Guseva, Kirill Pletnyov
Overview
The wife of the aircraft designer, Olga Pavlova, the head of the Moscow garment factory, and the wife of the director of the opera house, the famous Soviet opera singer Sofia Ter-Ashaturova, meet in the prison car of the train. Together they will go to Akmola camp of the wives of traitors of the Motherland, where there will be representatives of the most different strata of the population. Heroes will need strength of spirit and endurance to pass all the terrible ordeals on their way and remain human.

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Created by
Oleg Sirotkin, Marijetta Zaharjan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Darya Ekamasova, Ekaterina Guseva, Kirill Pletnyov
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • friendship
  • power
Places
  • prison
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Oleg Sirotkin, Marijetta Zaharjan
Written by
Natalya Budkina, Anna Berbenickaya, Oleg Sirotkin, Marijetta Zaharjan
Starring
Darya Ekamasova, Ekaterina Guseva, Kirill Pletnyov, Aleksei Shevchenkov, Klavdiya Korshunova, Vladimir Mishukov, Natalya Arinbasarova, Mikhail Evlanov
Cinematography
Ruslan Gerasimenkov
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 51 min each
Network
NTV
Country
Russia
Languages
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