The Thaw (2013)
The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.
Cast
Evgeny TsyganovViktor Khrustalyov
Aleksandr YatsenkoEgor Myachin
Anna ChipovskayaMaryana Pichugina
Viktoriya IsakovaInga
Mikhail EfremovFyodor Krivitskiy
Yana SeksteLyusya Polynina
Pavel DerevyankoBudnik
Svetlana KolpakovaNadya Krivitskaya
Andrey SmirnovKhrustalyov Sr.
Nina DvorzhetskayaRegina MarkovnaEvgeniy VolotskiyAleksandr Pichugin
Viktor HorinyakRuslan
Anna KotovaLida
Paulina AndreevaDina
Vladimir GostyukhinSemyon Pronin
