The Librarian (TV series)

*The Librarian*
The Librarian
Genre	crime drama; fantasy; detective;
Created by	Ilya Tilkin; Alexander Gryazin
Directed by	Igor Tverdokhlebov
Starring	Nikita Yefremov; Evgeniya Dmitrieva; Marina Vorozhishcheva; Andrey Merzlikin; Alexandra Ursuliak;
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Ksenia Sokolova
Producers	Julia Sumacheva; Vladimir Tyulin; Anatoly Tupitsyn;
Production location	Moscow
Cinematography	Stanislav Sharkov
Production companies	National Media Group; WeitMedia
Original release
Network	REN TV
Release	29 June –; 17 August 2023

The Librarian (Russian: Библиотекарь, romanized: Bibliotekar) is a 2023 Russian television series directed by Igor Tverdokhlebov^[1] based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Elizarov.^[2]

Plot

Aleksei Vyazintsev is a failed actor who dreams of a career in Hollywood. He does not have enough money to fulfill the American dream, so he is interrupted by passing roles, moonlights as an animator and even almost starred in porn. One day he learns that his father, who did not participate in his life at all, is dying under strange circumstances. For the sake of the inheritance, the guy comes to his hometown of Sheronino and suddenly plunges into a very dangerous world, where the locals are united in groups and hunt for magic books of the unknown Soviet writer Gromov. Caught up in a murder, Alexei must learn the truth about his father's mysterious past and find those responsible for his death.^[3]

Cast

Nikita Yefremov as Aleksei Vyazintsev^[4]
Evgeniya Dmitrieva as Margarita Selivanova
Marina Vorozhishcheva as Tanya
Andrey Merzlikin as Maxim Vyazintsev
Mikhail Trukhin as Shulga
Sergey Epishev as Denis Lutsis
Igor Zolotovitsky as Lagudov
Alexandra Ursuliak as Shorokhova
Karen Badalov as Tsofin
Viktoria Poltorak as Zhanna Simonyan
Yola Sanko as Gorn
Mikhail Troinik as Grisha
Elena Morozova as Shepchikhina
Anna Sorokina as mother at a children's party

Production

Filming for the series began in late July 2022. The thriller is produced by the REN TV Channel and the National Media Group. In December 2022 the demo version of the series was leaked to the Network by pirates.^[5]

The premiere took place on June 29, 2023 on online services more.tv and Wink.^[6]

References

^ "Режиссёр «Триггера» снимет сериал по роману Елизарова «Библиотекарь»". ТАСС. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ Альперина, Сусанна (29 July 2022). "Сериал «Библиотекарь» снимут по мотивам одноимённого романа Михаила Елизарова". Российская газета. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ The Librarian at the more.tv
^ "Никита Ефремов в поисках волшебной советской книги". KinoReporter. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "Библиотекарь. 1-й сезон". Комсомольская правда.
^ "Читатели "РГ" первыми узнают о дате премьеры сериала "Библиотекарь"". Российская газета (in Russian). 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-07.

External links

The Librarian at KinoPoisk

[1] "Режиссёр «Триггера» снимет сериал по роману Елизарова «Библиотекарь»". ТАСС. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[2] Альперина, Сусанна (29 July 2022). "Сериал «Библиотекарь» снимут по мотивам одноимённого романа Михаила Елизарова". Российская газета. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[3] The Librarian at the more.tv

[4] "Никита Ефремов в поисках волшебной советской книги". KinoReporter. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[5] "Библиотекарь. 1-й сезон". Комсомольская правда.

[6] "Читатели "РГ" первыми узнают о дате премьеры сериала "Библиотекарь"". Российская газета (in Russian). 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-07.

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