The Thaw
7.6
Season 1
45 min
S1 · E1 · Dec 2, 2013
Episode 1 Episode 1
45 min
S1 · E2 · Dec 2, 2013
Episode 2 Episode 2
45 min
S1 · E3 · Dec 3, 2013
Episode 3 Episode 3
45 min
S1 · E4 · Dec 3, 2013
Episode 4 Episode 4
45 min
S1 · E5 · Dec 4, 2013
Episode 5 Episode 5
45 min
S1 · E6 · Dec 4, 2013
Episode 6 Episode 6
45 min
S1 · E7 · Dec 5, 2013
Episode 7 Episode 7
45 min
S1 · E8 · Dec 5, 2013
Episode 8 Episode 8
45 min
S1 · E9 · Dec 9, 2013
Episode 9 Episode 9
45 min
S1 · E10 · Dec 9, 2013
Episode 10 Episode 10
45 min
S1 · E11 · Dec 10, 2013
Episode 11 Episode 11
45 min
S1 · E12 · Dec 10, 2013
Episode 12 Episode 12
12 episodes in Season 1
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The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.
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Cast
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Evgeny Tsyganov
Viktor Khrustalyov
Known for
Battle for Sevastopol
The Ninth
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Egor Myachin
Known for
To the Lake
Chornobyl: Exclusion Zone
Anna Chipovskaya
Maryana Pichugina
Known for
Calculator
Six Degrees of Celebration 3
Viktoriya Isakova
Inga
Known for
To the Lake
The Student
Mikhail Efremov
Fyodor Krivitskiy
Known for
Generation P
Upon the Magic Roads
Yana Sekste
Lyusya Polynina
Known for
The Master and Margarita
The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
Pavel Derevyanko
Budnik
Known for
Salyut-7
Upon the Magic Roads
Svetlana Kolpakova
Nadya Krivitskaya
Known for
The Last Warrior
Andrey Smirnov
Khrustalyov Sr.
Known for
Elena
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home
Nina Dvorzhetskaya
Regina Markovna
Also in
Back to My Roots
A House for Rent with All the Inconveniences
Evgeniy Volotskiy
Aleksandr Pichugin
Also in
Wolfy
The Guy from Our Cemetery
Viktor Horinyak
Ruslan
Known for
The Kitchen
The Last Warrior
Valery Todorovsky Creator · Dmitriy Konstantinov Writer Alyona Zvantsova Writer
Total runtime 11h 0m · Episode length 55 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
December 2, 2013
Final episode
December 10, 2013
Status
Ended
Network
Channel One
Country
Russia
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
55 min
Total runtime
11h 0m
Original language
Russian
Production
Marmot Film
Production
Valery Todorovsky Production Company
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Оттепель
Spoken on screen
Russian
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