''The Bridge'' (

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: ''Мост''; ''Most'', Estonian: ''Sild'') is an Estonian-Russian

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television series, based on the Danish-Swedish series '' Broen/Bron'' (''The Bridge''). It stars Lithuanian actress

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (russian: Ингеборга Дапкунайте; born 20 January 1963) is а Lithuanian theatre and cinema actress, who appears mostly in Russian films. She is a winner of the Nika Award in 1994 for Best Actress. Early ...

and Russian actor

Mikhail Porechenkov Mikhail Yevgenyevich Porechenkov (russian: Михаи́л Евге́ньевич Поре́ченков; born 2 March 1969, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian film actor, producer, director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent ...

in the lead roles, and was broadcast in both Estonian and Russian languages. The first series was aired on the Russian NTV Channel during the spring of 2018 on TV3 in Estonia in 2019. The complete series consists of two seasons of 10 episodes each.

Plot

The story takes place on the Russian and Estonian border where a murdered body on a bridge between

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and

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(the

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on the Russo-Estonian border over the

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) and brings together Narva detective, Inga Veermaa, who is mentored by Saint-Petersburg detective Maksim Kazantsev. The police forces of the two countries investigating the incident find that the upper part of the corpse belongs to a politician from Estonia and the lower part to a student from St. Petersburg. Gradually, as they investigate a series of crimes that are well prepared and skillfully executed, Inga and Maksim understand that the perpetrator is posing as a fighter for the truth. Together they and contain a "message" to society on the subject of social injustice. At the heart of the action is the motive of personal revenge, while the main enemy is Maksim himself.

Cast

as Detective Chief Inspector Inga Veermaa *

as Detective Maksim Kazantsev * Mariya Skuratova as Lena * Alyona Kuchkova as Sveta * Yury Kovalev as Nikolai * Denis Portnov as doctor * Yury Utkin as Poletaev * Dmitry Novikov as owner of a strip club * Igor Papylev as reporter * Stanislav Nikolaev * Daniil Kokin * Sofya Mironova as girl hostage

Production

''Sild'' was developed by Konstantin Statskiy, broadcast on the

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network in Russia and TV3 in Estonia, and based on the Danish-Swedish series '' Broen/Bron''. The show stars Lithuanian actress

as the Estonian police detective Inga Veermaa and Russian actor

as her Russian counterpart Maksim Kazantsev. Dapkūnaitė's character was originally called Inga Savisaar.

Release

The series debuted on NTV in the

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in 2018, also on TV3 in Estonia in 2019. The second series premiered on May 22, 2020. The final episode was posted on July 24, 2020 and ended with a

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Series overview

The complete series consists of two seasons of 10 episodes each.

References

External links

В Петербурге начались съемки российской версии легендарного сериала «Мост»
Russian Report
Телеканал НТВ покажет российскую адаптацию сериала «Мост»
Official report
Rahvusvaheliselt üliedukas krimisari "Sild" jõuab TV3 ekraanile!
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