Russia is the richest country with a lot of oil, gas and problems. A humorous satirical show consisting of all-Russian social and everyday realities, “Once Upon a Time in Russia” does not solve any of them. It laughs at them.
Im Russland des Jahres 1875 gärt es. Während man in Sankt Petersburg Feste feiert, rebellieren in Sibirien die Tataren gegen die Zarenherrschaft. Die Fernmeldeverbindung nach Moskau ist unterbrochen. In dieser explosiven Lage soll sich Rittmeister Michael Strogoff als Kurier des Zaren 6.000 km weit nach Irkutsk durchschlagen und dem Gouverneur, einem Bruder des Zaren, geheime Anweisungen überbringen. Strogoff reist unter falschem Namen. Unterwegs lernt er die Mitreisende Nadia kennen, gewinnt ihr Vertrauen und nutzt ihre Ahnungslosigkeit zu seiner Tarnung aus, indem er sie als seine Frau ausgibt. Zu zweit erreichen sie den Ural. Zur gleichen Zeit gelingt dem tatarischen Stammesfürsten und Ex-Offizier Ogareff die Flucht aus dem Kerker.
Can Hollywood's hardest, Vinnie Jones, take on Russia's toughest jobs pitting himself against some of the wildest men and most extreme landscapes on earth? He's answering a personal life-long quest to find out why Russia is the toughest place on our planet to live, work and play. In this six part documentary series, Vinnie's challenge is to work, live and play alongside the men who hold down these jobs. Vinnie's punishing set of missions will span the biggest country in the world. Siberia alone is bigger than the USA, Alaska and Western Europe combined. It accounts for 1/12 of the world's entire landmass! On this vast stage, Vinnie will pit both brains and brawn against the following: Cowboys, Trawler Men, Rail Men, Bodyguards, Poacher Squad, Truckers.
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
Marina is in her late 30s, she has a successful business and a close-knit family. Her husband is a surgeon and her daughters study at fancy establishments. To everybody her life seems perfect. Though, it is all just a facade concealing the real problems: her husband has a mistress, her elder daughter is a slacker and drug-dealer, her youngest is a sociopath. Well, Marina herself is not really a flower-lady, but a brothel-keeper who is hiding her dark business from everyone. The truth may come out when a girl of Marina’s is found dead.
After faking his own death, notorious gangster Volkov (Wolf) retires overseas with a new identity. When his parents die in a car accident 20 years later, he secretly returns to his hometown and learns that the nephew of a local mobster is responsible for his parents’ death. After killing the man, a battle between the old-newcomer and local crime bosses unfolds.
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