During the peak of socialism in the 1980s, 27-year old Kostik Voloshyn dreams of escaping abroad. Not willing to "build the socialist society", Kostik lives a double life; his job as a scientist at a research institute is merely a front for his card game hustling at which he is an expert. However, when Kostik wins a large sum from under the nose of Goga, a tough card player, he returns to Odessa to avoid reprisals. Hoping to ‘earn' enough money to leave the Soviet Union for good, Kostik successfully swindles all his opponents with the help of his uncle, 45-year old Balaban, a leading gangster in Odessa. Kostik is unaware that it was Balaban who committed a serious crime twenty years ago for which his brother, Kostik's father, was arrested. Balaban helped Kostik's father to escape over the border, but the latter had no other choice but to leave his wife and little son to their fate in the USSR.
Show Info
Network: Інтер
(2013 -
2013)
Schedule: Monday to Thursday at 21:30
(52 min)
Status: Ended
Language: Russian
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
DramaCrime
Episodes ordered: 10 episodes
Official site: www.starmediafilm.com
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Previous Episode
Серия 10
Episode 1x10; Sep 26, 2013
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x10: Серия 10 | Sep 26, 2013 | |
1x09: Серия 09 | Sep 26, 2013 | |
1x08: Серия 08 | Sep 25, 2013 |
Extra Details
Also known as:
- The Cardsharp