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, audio_format = , first_aired = , last_aired = , image_upright = , image_size = , image_alt = , screenplay = , story = , num_series = 1 , budget = ''Dead Lake'' (russian: Мёртвое озеро, Myortvoe ozero) is a 2019

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n TV series. It is a production of

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, and Mediaslovo. The show won a prize during

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, and also won local prizes in

, during a film festival in

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. The series' plot considered as Slavic Noir story with the classic crime plot been mixed with unique mystical flavor of Northern Russia along with its folklore.

Plot

Maksim Pokrovskiy is an experienced police officer from

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, who was sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.

Cast

Yevgeny Tsyganov Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov (russian: link=no, Евгений Эдуардович Цыганов; born 15 March 1979) is a Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and composer. Early life Yevgeny Tsyganov was born in Moscow in th ...

as Maksim Pokrovskiy *

Andrey Smolyakov Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...

as Oligarch *

Nadezhda Mikhalkova Nadezhda Nikitichna Mikhalkova (russian: Надежда Никитична Михалкова; born September 27, 1986) is a Russian actress. Nadezhda is the youngest daughter of actor and film director Nikita Mikhalkov and fashion designer Taty ...

as Natasha * Pavel Tabakov as Pavel Skvortsov *

Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation ...

as Sandibalov *

Aleksandr Robak Aleksandr Removich Robak (russian: Александр Рэмович Робак; born 28 December 1973) is a Russian actor, director, film producer. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1999. One of the most popular and best Russian actors i ...

as Mikhail Ganich * Aleksandra Rebenok as Alina *

Timofey Tribuntsev Timofey Vladimirovich Tribuntsev (russian: link=no, Тимофе́й Влади́мирович Трибу́нцев) is a Russian actor. Winner of the '' Nika Award-2017. Biography Timofey was born on July 1, 1973. He studied at the '' Mikhail ...

as Yonko *

Polina Kutepova Polina Pavlovna Kutepova (russian: Поли́на Па́вловна Куте́пова; born August 1, 1971, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress. Biography Along with twin sister Kseniya preparing for an artistic career since childhood. ...

as Zinaida Petrovna * Ksenia Kutepova as Tatyana Petrovna *

Kirill Polukhin Kirill Alekseevich Polukhin (russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Полухин; born 3 May 1969) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage, and television actor. Early life Polukhin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint P ...

as Smertin

Production

Filming of the TV series took place in 2017, in

Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast Kirovsk (russian: Ки́ровск), known as Khibinogorsk () until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Mountains on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, south of Murmansk. Population: History ...

, at the foot of the

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and on the shore of lake Big Vudyavr.

References

External links

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