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The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

1979 · 1 season

A gritty, morally charged police procedural that immerses you in post-war Moscow's criminal underworld with tense set pieces and sharp ethical debates.

Genres
Mystery, Crime, Action & adventure
Overview
After WWII is over, a young officer Volodya Sharapov returns to Moscow to work in MUR - Moskovskiy Ugolovny Rozysk (Moscow Criminal Police). There he meets Gleb Zheglov who is a chief of a squad which fights organized crime. Their main task is to track down a gang "Chernaya Koshka" (Black Cat) which terrorizes the city. Also, they have to find out who murdered Larisa Gruzdeva. Zheglov believes it was her husband Ivan Gruzdev, but Sharapov has his doubts about it...
How it feels
Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Crime, justice, morality, corruption
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
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
mystery, crime, action & adventure, drama
Created by
Stanislav Govorukhin
Written by
Arkadiy Vayner, Georgiy Vayner
Starring
Vladimir Konkin, Vladimir Vysotsky, Sergei Yursky, Viktor Pavlov, Natalya Fateyeva, Leonid Kuravlyov, Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Music
Yevgeni Gevorgyan
Cinematography
Leonid Burlaka
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes
Network
Central Television USSR
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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