Big House

A tense, slow-burning Cold War cat-and-mouse game steeped in Soviet-era paranoia and moral ambiguity.

Created by

Egor Konchalovsky

Genres

Drama

Starring

Vitaly Kishchenko, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy, Artur Vakha

Overview

Leningrad, 1965. KGB Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Shirokov is informed that his long—time enemy Alexander Stroganov, nicknamed Graf, a former punisher and saboteur who worked for German intelligence during the war, has been spotted in Leningrad. With the help of the remnants of the White Guard underground, the Zigzag sabotage group and the mole in the ranks of the militia, he tried to carry out a sophisticated plan to destroy the city: the explosion of five symbols of the revolution, including a Large House. The young Mikhail Shirokov, then an NKVD operative, and his teacher, senior Lieutenant Yeremeyev, prevented this catastrophe, but the Count managed to escape. Shirokov checks all the Stroganovs currently living in Leningrad, suspicion falls on the projectionist. Indeed, he and his wife, Laura, were abandoned in the USSR by American intelligence. Their goal is to kidnap a major nuclear physicist and take him abroad. Shirokov and his task force are on the trail.

How it feels

Tense, dark, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Conspiracy, betrayal, obsession, justice

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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