Central Russia's Vampires[a][1] (Russian: Вампиры средней полосы, romanized: Vampiry srednej polosy) is a Russian TV series produced since 2021. Made by "Start Studio" film companies. The premiere was held on the Start video service. The television premiere took place on the TNT channel.[2]
| Central Russia's Vampires | |
|---|---|
| Genre | fantasy detective mystery comedy |
| Written by | Aleksey Akimov Olga Simonova Roman Borodavkin Konstantin Garbuzov Dmitriy Shepelevich |
| Directed by | Anton Maslov Dmitry Gribanov |
| Composers | Ivan Kanaev Denis Vorontsov |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 + 1 special episode |
| Production | |
| Producers | Eduard Iloyan Vitaliy Shlyappo Denis Zhalinskiy Aleksey Trotsyuk |
| Running time | 50-73 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Start TNT channel |
| Release | 18 March 2021 – present |
Plot
1st Season
A family of vampires lives peacefully in Smolensk. They don't touch people. But the Guardians keep an eye on the vampires. One day, in a birch grove near Smolensk, the police find the completely drained corpses of two guys with bite marks. The vampires headed by Svyatoslav Vernidubovich are tasked with finding the killers.
Cast and characters
- Yuri Stoyanov as Svyatoslav Vernidubovich Krivich (head of the vampire family)
- Ekaterina Kuznetsova (season 1) / Anastasiya Stezhko (season 2) as Anna (vampire, policeman)
- Gleb Kalyuzhniy as Evgeniy (vampire, blogger)
- Artyom Tkachenko as Zhan Ivanovich (vampire, doctor)
- Olga Medynich as countess Olga Vorontsova (vampire, theater teacher)
- Mikhail Gavrilov as Ivan Zhalinskiy (policeman)
- Tatyana Dogileva as Irina Vitalyevna Bredikhina (head of the Guardians)
- Dmitry Lysenkov as Konstantin Bredikhin (Irina Vitalievna's son, later – the new head of the Guardians)
- Andrey Sokolov as Andrey Usachev (policeman) — season 2
- Eva Smirnova as Mila (vampire, child) — season 2
- Egor Druzhinin as Boris Feliksovich (enemy of vampires) — season 2
Seasons
Production
In 2018, the filming of the pilot series took place in Smolensk.[6] Filming of the first season took place in Moscow, Smolensk and Serpukhov from January to December 2020.[7][8][9] The second season was filmed in 2022.[10] The role of Stanislav Vernidubovich was originally written for Yuri Stoyanov.[11] On February 2, 2023, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season.[12]
Reception
The series received mostly positive reviews from critics.[13][14][15][16] Kino-teatr.ru and Mir Fantastiki publications named "The Vampires of Midland" the best Russian TV series of 2021.[17][18]
Awards
- In 2018, for his role in the series, Yuri Stoyanov received the award as the "Best Actor of a pilot of a television series" at the first Pilot Television Series festival in Ivanovo.[19]
- In 2022, the series won the fourth National Award in the field of the web industry in the nomination "Best Internet series with a running time of more than 24 minutes". And Yuri Stoyanov won in the nomination "Best actor in an Internet series".[20]
- In 2023, the series won the APKiT Award — in the nomination "Best Comedy Series".[21]
Notes
- Central Russia is an informal region of Russia, vaguely between Southern and Northern Russia
References
External links
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