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Waves of the Black Sea

1975 · 1 season

A earnest historical adventure serial that follows young heroes through revolution and war, mixing tense action with warm camaraderie.

Genres
Action & adventure
Starring
Irina Brazgovka, Galina Volchek, Anatoli Adoskin
Overview
The Odesa boys, Petya Bachey and Gavrik Chernoivanenko, are brave and resourceful, finding themselves at the centre of early 20th-century events leading to the October Revolution. They are joined by adult characters like sailor Rodion Zhukov, Petya’s father Vasily, Madame Storozhenko, and Gavrik’s grandfather. As they grow, they experience the revolution, civil war, and become underground fighters during WWII in occupied Odesa.

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Genres
Action & adventure
Starring
Irina Brazgovka, Galina Volchek, Anatoli Adoskin
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • war
  • rebellion
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
action & adventure
Starring
Irina Brazgovka, Galina Volchek, Anatoli Adoskin, Aleksandr Lazarev, Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev, Sergei Ivanov, Yuriy Sarantsev, Ada Rohovtseva
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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