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He's All That

1978 · 1 season

A slow, serious Soviet-era murder inquiry set among Siberian timber workers, more procedural than thrilling.

Created by
Vil Lipatov, Igor Shatrov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Evgeni Leonov, Igor Kostolevskiy, Leonid Markov
Overview
The story takes place in one of the Siberian timber enterprises, where investigator Prokhorov from Moscow arrives to look into the murder of a young worker—tractor driver Evgeny Stoeletov.

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Created by
Vil Lipatov, Igor Shatrov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Evgeni Leonov, Igor Kostolevskiy, Leonid Markov
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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
    • crime
    • justice
    • work
    • deception
    • isolation
    Places
    • workplace
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Where to watch in the UK

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Vil Lipatov, Igor Shatrov
    Starring
    Evgeni Leonov, Igor Kostolevskiy, Leonid Markov, Larisa Udovichenko, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Vladimir Nosik, Aleksei Pankin, Viktor Proskurin
    Cinematography
    Timur Zelma
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes
    Network
    Central Television USSR
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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