The Pretender

7.0 (1 votes)• 2019•Returning Series

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Shorty after the 1917 Russian Revolution, during the New Economic Policy era, a criminal becomes a police officer through a case of mistaken identity and uses his knowledge to solve cases previously out of reach of the force.

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Production Details

Languages: Russian

Director: Anton Bormatov

Starring Cast: Anton Shagin, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aglaya Tarasova, Sergey Barkovsky, Semyon Shkalikov, Nikolay Shrayber

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Anton Shagin

Mikhail Rodionov

Timofey Tribuntsev

Saturday

Aglaya Tarasova

Sergey Barkovsky

Semyon Shkalikov

Starch

Nikolay Shrayber

Tina Tarusina

Valka

Lyubov Virolaynen

Violetta

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