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Lucrative Contract

1980 · 1 season

A slow-burning Soviet crime mystery that keeps you alert with its tense, methodical investigation and stark atmosphere.

Created by
Volodymyr Saveliev
Genres
Mystery, Crime
Starring
Daniil Netrebin, Aleksey Eybozhenko, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Overview
An artist named Nikitin, who had come to Odessa to shoot a film, was the victim of a completely brazen attack. Only the intervention of a police sergeant who happened to be passing by saved him from certain death.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Volodymyr Saveliev
Genres
Mystery, Crime
Starring
Daniil Netrebin, Aleksey Eybozhenko, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • violence
  • deception
  • survival
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, crime
Created by
Volodymyr Saveliev
Written by
Igor Starkov, Mikhail Prudnikov
Starring
Daniil Netrebin, Aleksey Eybozhenko, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Aleksandr Lazarev, Aleksandr Zakharov, Pauls Butkevics, Aleksandr Denisov
Music
Yan Freidlin
Cinematography
Vasyl Trushkovskyi
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
Central Television USSR
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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