Introduction

Rodina (Russian: Родина; Homeland) is a Russian political thriller television series developed by Pavel Lungin and Timur Weinstein, based on the Israeli series Hatufim, which was created by Gideon Raff.

The series stars Viktoriya Isakova as Anna Zimina, a Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, and Vladimir Mashkov as Alexey Bragin, a Russian Marine Corps sniper. Anna comes to believe that Alexey, who was held captive by Chechen terrorists as a prisoner of war, was “turned” by the enemy and threatens the Russian Federation.

Outline

After the polygraph exam, Anna and Bragin travel to the suburbs to develop their affair. But soon Bragin discovers that Anna was spying on him. Yulia goes to the border and Volskiy succeeds in convince her to help the FSB in finding the Russian military officer who is betraying his country. But the portrait does not show Bragin.

Rodina Series

You can find a full index of Rodina here.

Production & Filming Details

• Developer(s): Pavel Lungin and Tamas T. Toth.
• Director(s): Pavel Lungin.
• Producer(s): Timur Weinstein and Gideon Raff.
• Writer(s): Pavel Lungin and Mikhail Shulman.
• Music: Alexei Aigui.
• Cinematography: Michael Schulman and Pavel Lungin.
• Production: WeiT Media and Keshet Media Group.
• Original Network: Russia-1.
• Release Date: 23 March 2015.
• Running Time: 48-68 minutes.
• Country: Russia.
• Language: Russian.