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Bourgeois's Birthday

2000–2001 · 2 seasons

A slow, brooding post-Soviet crime drama that trades action for quiet menace and a man's uneasy search for who he really is.

Created by
Anatoli Mateshko
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Valery Nikolaev, Irina Apeksimova, Anatoli Zhuravlyov
Overview
Vladimir Kovalenko is one of those businessmen who "made themselves." He has everything you can only dream of: a well-established business, a beautiful lover, fame. But he does not know his real name and surname: he is a foundling, he received the nickname "Bourgeois" back in the orphanage - for knowing the value of money since childhood.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Anatoli Mateshko
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Valery Nikolaev, Irina Apeksimova, Anatoli Zhuravlyov
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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
    • identity
    • crime
    • power
    • corruption
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, mystery
    Created by
    Anatoli Mateshko
    Written by
    Yuriy Rogoza
    Starring
    Valery Nikolaev, Irina Apeksimova, Anatoli Zhuravlyov, Andrey Smolyakov, Darya Poverennova, Oleg Isayev, Vitalii Linetskyi, Volodymyr Horianskyi
    Length
    2 seasons, 30 episodes, 51 min each
    Network
    NTV , 1+1
    Country
    Russia, Ukraine
    Languages
    Russian, Ukrainian

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