The Dark Side of the Moon (TV series)
The Dark Side of the Moon | |
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Genre | Speculative fiction Police procedural |
Directed by | Alexander Kott |
Starring | Pavel Derevyanko Svetlana Smirnova-Marcinkiewicz Ivan Shibanov Karina Razumovskaya |
Country of origin | Russia |
Original languages | Russian, English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 32 |
Production | |
Producers | Alexander Tsekalo Ruslan Sorokin Peter Anurov |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production companies | Kinoslovo, commissioned by Sreda |
Original release | |
Network | Channel One Russia |
Release | November 5, 2012 |
Related | |
Life on Mars (UK) Life on Mars (US) La Chica de Ayer Svět pod hlavou |
Dark Side of the Moon (Обратная сторона Луны, or Obratnaya storona Luny) is a Russian detective television series, based on the BBC series Life on Mars.[1][2][3][4][5]
The show is produced by Sreda for broadcast on Channel One Russia.
Dark Side of the Moon was renewed for a second season.[6]
Plot
In 2011, Mikhail Soloviev Jr. is a Moscow police captain. He is hit by a car while trying to arrest a violent maniac, and wakes up in the body of his father, Moscow militia lieutenant Mikhail Soloviev Sr., in 1979.
Mikhail is not sure if he is dreaming while in a coma, or if he has gone insane, or if he has really gone back in time. He must cope with the alien-to-him environment of Soviet Russia, and catch criminals (including a serial killer who is just getting started) and—above all else—figure out what has happened to him.
Title
The series is named for a Pink Floyd album of the same name rather than a David Bowie song. This is because Pink Floyd was popular in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, whereas Bowie was relatively unknown.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Russia's version of Life on Mars is a huge hit". BBC. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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- ^ "'Life on Mars' to be remade for Russian TV". digitalspy.com.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Dark Side of Mars: Russian LOM Adaption Praised". cultbritannia.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Life On Mars - Russian version: Dark Side of the Moon". domeofstars.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Обратно на Луну".
External links
- 2012 Russian television series debuts
- 2000s Russian television series
- Police procedural television series
- Time travel television series
- Russian television series based on British television series
- Life on Mars (franchise)
- Russian speculative fiction television series
- Russian-language television programs
- Television series by Sreda
- Channel One Russia original programming
- Television series set in 1979