Underplayed Gems

The Fall of the Empire (2005)

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Original title
Гибель Империи
Directed by
Vladimir Khotinenko
Genre
historical drama
Country
Russia
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
12+
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Russian counterintelligence officer investigates enemy plots during World War I. He works with his partner to uncover espionage and threats to the empire.

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What happens

The Fall of the Empire (Russian: Гибель империи, romanized: Gibel' imperii) is a Russian crime, thriller TV miniseries in ten episodes directed and co-written by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005. It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence officer Sergei Pavlovich Kostin (Aleksandr Baluev), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, who works to uncover enemy plots aided by his sidekick Ivan Karlovich Shtol'ts (Marat Basharov). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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