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Operation 'Trust'

1968 · 1 season

A sober, talk-heavy Soviet spy procedural that rewards close attention with patient intrigue rather than action.

Created by
Sergey Kolosov
Genres
Drama, Mystery, War & politics
Starring
Igor Gorbachyov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Donatas Banionis
Overview
The series is about the operation code-named "Trest", which under the leadership of F.E.Dzerzhinsky was carried out by the VChK to identify and eliminate the counter-revolutionary and monarchist underground on the territory of the USSR, associated with foreign white-emigrant organizations.

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Created by
Sergey Kolosov
Genres
Drama, Mystery, War & politics
Starring
Igor Gorbachyov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Donatas Banionis
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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
    • conspiracy
    • deception
    • politics
    • betrayal
    • power
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, mystery, war & politics
    Created by
    Sergey Kolosov
    Written by
    Aleksandr Yurovsky
    Starring
    Igor Gorbachyov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Donatas Banionis, Artyom Inozemtsev, Aleksei Safonov, Yevgeny Gurov, Vilor Kuznetsov, Gennady Nekrasov
    Music
    Yuriy Levitin
    Cinematography
    Valentin Zheleznyakov
    Length
    1 seasons, 4 episodes
    Network
    Central Television USSR
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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