Molodezhka
| Molodezhka | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Comedy drama |
| Starring |
Denis Nikiforov Makar Zaporozhskiy Aleksander Sokolovskiy |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Various |
| Location(s) | Podolsk[1] |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Art Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network |
STS (Russia) STS International (Russia) |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original release | October 7, 2013 – present |
Molodezhka (Russian: Молодёжка literally: The Junior Team) is a Russian TV series which airs on STS. The series tells the story of a junior hockey club named The Bears (Медведи). The series was produced by Feodor Bondarchuk and his Art Pictures Vision production company.[2]
The first season was aired beginning on October 7, 2013. The second season was aired starting on November 17, 2014. The third season started filming April 27, 2015.[2]
Plot
The events takes place in the town of Podolsk when the Bears hockey team hires new coach, Sergei Makeev, a former National Hockey League player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League and make the Bears a successful team. It will not be easy, because the players do not feel as a whole, and working as individuals. In addition, they have other things to do: family, love life, study.
There are also those who are trying as quickly as possible to get rid of the new coach.[2]
Cast
Team
- Denis Nikiforov as Sergei Makeyev, main coach[2]
- Aleksander Sokolovskiy as Egor Schukin, team's captain
- Makar Zaporozhskiy as Dima Schukin, Egor's brother, goalkeeper
- Ivan Zhvakin as Aleksander Kostrov
- Ivan Dubrovskiy as Vadim Nazarov
- Ivan Mulin as Anton Antipov
- Vlad Kanopka as Andrei Kislyak
- Igor Ogurtsov as Semyon Bakin
- Ilya Korobko as Mikhail Ponomaryov
- Mikhail Konov as Petrovskiy
- Anton Mishin as Artyom Vorobyov
- Matvey Zubalevich as Alexey Smirnov
- Nikolai Alexeyev as Igor Gavrilov
- Evgeniy Kulik
- Nikita Yelenev
- Mikhail Gavrilov
- Feodor Bondarchuk as Oleg Kalinin, oligarch and team's general sponsor[2]
- Vladimir Zaitsev as Vadim Kazantsev, team's sportive director
- Pavel Smetankin as Anton Karmazin
- Anatoly Kot as Anatoly Leonidovich Zhilin [2]
- Svetlana Antonova as dr. Elizaveta Andreyevna
- Vladimir Steklov as Ilya Romanovich Pakhomov, the owner and the general sponsor of the hockey team The Bears
- Vladimir Sterzhakov as Semyon Valerievich Krasnitskiy, manager of the hockey club Ice King
- Maxim Shchyogolev as former hockey player, coach
- Andrey Merzlikin as Maxim Streltsov (Russian Bonecrusher), head coach of the hockey team Ice King, Canadian ice hockey club Ottawa Senators
- Mikhail Zhigalov as Stepan Arkadevich Zharsky, coach
- Valentina Ananina as Larisa Arkadevna, grandmother Mikhail Ponomarev
- Nikolai Dobrynin as Nikolai Semyonovich, father Semyon Bakin
- Vadim Andreev as Fyodor Mikhailovich
- Vyacheslav Fetisov (cameo)
Rating
The show became highly popular and was ranked by Rossiyskaya Gazeta as the fourth best TV series for 2013.[2]
Production
The casting was held in Chelyabinsk, while all the games and training scenes were shot in Ice Hockey Hall in Podolsk. Filming took place in Samara, Tolyatti, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk and Mytishchi in Moscow Oblast.
The hockey scenes were managed by Evgeniy Polynskiy, who previously worked with Canadian specialists on the set of the movie Legend No. 17.
References
External links
- Official website
- Molodezhka on STS Channel official website
- Molodezhka on Art Pictures official website
- Molodezhka on Facebook