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Crime Solving For Beginners

2022 · 1 season

A slow-burning, atmospheric plunge into post-Soviet murk, where every clue feels like a step deeper into a morally grey labyrinth.

Genres
Crime
Overview
On May 4th 1994, the 4th anniversary of Latvia’s splintering from the Soviet Union, rookie police investigator Aldis Karklins is tasked with solving the murder of Natalia Nolle, an influental behind-the-scenes political figure. The trail leads the 23-year-old Aldis in to the underbelly of organized crime and KGB conspiracies that outlive the Soviot Union. A miniseries in seven episodes, based on the novel "Don't Call Me, Don't Look for me! Life of Soviet Secret Agent" (Meklējiet sievieti) by acclaimed Latvian crime fiction writer Andris Kolbergs.
How it feels
Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Crime, corruption, conspiracy, power
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
crime
Created by
Armands Zvirbulis
Written by
Armands Zvirbulis, Juris Kursietis, Līga Celma-Kursiete, Matīss Gricmanis
Starring
Madara Zviedre, Diāna Krista Stafecka, Ritvars Logins, Oleksiy Horbunov, Ģirts Krūmiņš, Mārcis Maņjakovs, Jurijs Djakonovs, Uldis Dumpis
Cinematography
Gints Bērziņš
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes, 50 min each
Network
LMT Viedtelevīzija
Country
Russia, Latvia, Lithuania
Languages
Latvian, Russian

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