Kirill Käro
Birthday: Born in 1975-02-24 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Deathday: Alive
Kirill Valerievich Käro (Russian: Кири́лл Вале́рьевич Кя́ро; born 24 February 1975) is a Russian actor of Estonian descent. He is best known for playing the lead character in 32 episodes of The Sniffer (2013–2017), as George Safronov in 16 episodes of the Netflix sci-fi series Better than Us (2019), and as Sergey in the thriller series To the Lake (2020). Kirill Käro was born in Tallinn, Estonia. His father was a sea captain of mixed Estonian-Russian descent, and his Russian mother was a teacher. His first cousin, once removed, is actor Volli Käro. After graduating from secondary school at Lasnamäe in 1992, Käro entered a five-year acting course at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow. Following graduation in 1997, he continued to work at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute under the mentorship of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Käro returned to Tallinn in 1999, acting at the Russian Theatre for five years, before going back to Moscow to the Praktika Theatre in 2004. Käro's career in film and television began in 2008 with various small parts. In 2013, he landed the leading role in The Sniffer, for which he won the Association of Film and TV Producers award in the category Best Actor. In 2019, he played the main role of George Safronov in sixteen episodes of the Netflix Russian android thriller series Better than Us. In 2020, Käro starred as Sergey in the lead role of the Russian television series To the Lake. The show was acquired by Netflix and broadcast in October 2020.
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Журов
Character: Kostya
Ivan Ivanovich Zhurov — unlucky, but very experienced detective. He travels everywhere on his old "Pobeda", one brings up a daughter, loves to drink and has very troubled amur relations with his colleague. All this does not prevent him from masterfully disclosing the most complex and tangled loud criminal cases, for which, besides him, no one more risks to take....
Литра 2.0
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«Везёт»
Character: Арье
The series is about a former motorcycle racer, champion of a motorcycle track, who, having become an alcoholic, moonlights as a driver and tries to stop drinking and improve his life....
Диагноз «Везучая»
Character: Антон
The beautiful Face is famous in criminal circles for the fact that in any scam it brings one hundred percent success to the entire operation. That's why, when someone needs to concoct a dirty business, it's enough to take Lika in a share, and she will literally attract good luck. But when one of the criminal authorities decides to make Lika his personal mascot, she is forced to embark on an adventure with a klutzy accountant Anton, unfairly accused of embezzling millions....
Инсомния
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43-year old Yuri is a successful psychiatrist and hypnotist. A raving and committed non-believer, he is capable of rationalizing anything…except for his own nightmares. In his dreams, he sees his ex-wife who, many years ago, committed suicide, which was partially his fault. A red-headed woman he doesn't know. And a strange symbol that looks like an infinity sign. Because of insomnia, Yuri is used to spending his night hours getting drunk at a strip joint, and at times he drags dancers to his hom...
Пассажиры
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Andrey drives a cab, but he’s no ordinary Taxi driver. All his passengers are dead. His job is to deliver them to the Afterlife, but it’s never straightforward. Andrey’s passengers come from all walks of life and each has a story, they can’t reach their destined afterlife until they face-up to and atone for something from their past. But it’s a rare soul who wants to hold a mirror up to their faults, they need a guide, some encouragement, and so they turn to the only other presence in the taxi, ...
Нюхач
Character: детектив-консультант
An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life....
Три дня лейтенанта Кравцова
Character: Ruytel
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Цербер
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1826, St. Petersburg. After the suppression of speeches on the Senate Square, the investigative commission begins searching for the Decembrists. Some of them are caught by the authorities because of informers. Suddenly, a series of brutal murders takes place in St. Petersburg: the victims are those who denounced the Decembrists. A piece of paper with lines from a poem by the young poet Alexander Pushkin invariably remains near the bodies of the dead. A Moscow detective and a nobleman released fr...
Блеск
Character: отец Анны
Anya works as an assistant in an expensive event agency for a nominal salary, supplemented by access to the city's high society. There she meets a representative of a noble Ottoman family, who came to St. Petersburg in search of a Russian wife. Anya, too, is not all simple with her roots - her swindler father is in prison, from where he can be pulled out for a lot of money. The girl decides to commit a crime: she steals a precious necklace from Serkan's collection, but very quickly finds out tha...
Измены
Character: Кирилл
An incredible story of a young woman who had a husband and three lovers. The series describes what is happening with the fate of people who are cheating and who are being cheated on....
Живой
Character: Олег Сорокин (журналист)
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Лучше, чем люди
Character: Georgy Safronov
Moscow in a not so distant future where human beings share their daily lives with robots. Georgy, a forensic who has a robot assistant, suddenly finds himself caught up in the first murder committed by a new kind of experimental humanoid....
Расплата
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Спроси Марту
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Marta is a brilliant lawyer with an absolute rule: she only protects women. She is ambitious and can win any case, though her meth- ods may not always be above board. Martha’s clients are very di- verse - from the most successful women to victimized teenagers. She does not select them by affluence her core goal is to protect those who need protection. Martha is ready to use any means, even those that are on the wrong side of the law, whether it be, blackmailing, bluffing, bribery, elaborate hiji...
Юг
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Yug Kipen is a tight—lipped, modest boy raised by his grandmother. Yug's mother died when he was three years old, and he never saw his father. Everything changes when, on his 14th birthday, Yug discovers the money his father sent in his grandmother's closet. From this moment begins the story of the great journey of the South in search of his father. Potential fathers are scattered all over Russia. The South will have to cross the whole country to meet everyone. He will visit the most beautiful c...
Право на свободу
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8 способов любить
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Love has so many shades: love for oneself and for all mankind, parent-child relationships, passion and mania, selfless love and obsession. The ancient Greeks thought about her character and identified eight types of love. Each episode is a story about different facets of one overarching feeling....
Консультант
Character: Вячеслав Александрович Широков — консультант-психолог, кандидат наук
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Глухарь
Character: Gena Kruglov - narkoman
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Эпидемия
Character: Sergey
A grim drama that unfolds against the backdrop of a global catastrophe. An unknown new virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. Money loses its value and those not yet infected struggle desperately for food and survival....
Научи меня жить
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Соцсети
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Tomsk in 2021, 2025 and 2030. The characters actively use social networks and literally can't imagine how to live without them. Having the opportunity to communicate with the whole world, people feel more lonely....
Комплекс бога
Character: Alexey
The little daughter of the famous pianist Konstantin Zobnin disappears in the city, and then the body of another missing girl is found. At the same time, a successful businessman, obsessed with obsessive desires, seeks help from a talented psychiatrist Alexei, who will be forced to conduct his own investigation in parallel with the official one....
Жвачка
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Galya Shalamova falls in love with the aspiring blogger Hans Schluse. But the frivolous major quickly gets bored with this novel — it seems to him that Galya stuck to him like chewing gum. Hans finds an unconventional way to break off the relationship. However, Hans did not realize that Galya would not give up everything halfway and get to the truth…...
Ненормальная
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Because of the bandaged face in the children's ward, her name is Mummy. In two months, the disfigured Anya had to grow up seriously. Before the accident, she was a beautiful, confident schoolgirl. After that, she is a closed, cynical creature, ready to attack even those who try to help her. Every day, Anya is looking for new reasons to move on and new tricks to stay in the hospital. After all, she recently had a goal — to kill the comatose culprit of the very accident in which her parents died. ...
Пассажиры
Character: Andrey
Andrey drives a cab, but he’s no ordinary Taxi driver. All his passengers are dead. His job is to deliver them to the Afterlife, but it’s never straightforward. Andrey’s passengers come from all walks of life and each has a story, they can’t reach their destined afterlife until they face-up to and atone for something from their past. But it’s a rare soul who wants to hold a mirror up to their faults, they need a guide, some encouragement, and so they turn to the only other presence in the taxi, ...
Movie Credits
Dad the Terrible
Character: Nikita
Tsar Ivan The Terrible wounds his son to death after they have a !ight – just like in the famous painting by Repin. To !ix what happened Tsar attempts to travel back to the past using a magic spell book. Yet things don’t go according to the plan, and Tsar gets into our times where he meets the Osipovs family. Nikita Osipov has no luck in his !ield - archeology and is an unfortunate father. He divorced his wife and lost touch with his son and daughter. Now they have to !ind the spell book, so tha...
Syndrome
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A horrific car accident turns a married couple's lives upside down. Artist Maria's husband, businessman Kirill, becomes disturbingly perfect. Is he repenting his mistakes and trying to make up for what he almost lost forever, or is it all a figment of Maria's injured imagination? A series of increasingly strange coincidences and signs suggest that Maria can no longer trust herself....
Detector
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Victoria, a former operative, is getting used to a normal life with her beloved husband, a psychologist. But after being attacked by a criminal in the service, she cannot have children. The couple decide to take six-year-old Dasha, whose parents died in a fire, to their place for the weekend. And then strange events begin to happen in their country house. The girl behaves secretly and sometimes aggressively, draws scary pictures and spoils toys. In her drawings, Vika guesses the victims of that ...
Red Mercury
Character: Sämm
It's the early 90's. A new currency is in circulation in Estonia - the kroon. The former federal republic has become a world leader in non-ferrous metal exports. There is a relentless struggle around this criminal business. It brings new victims every day. Estonia ranks first in Europe in terms of the number of killings. This is just the beginning......
Additional Lesson
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During the next duty, patrolman Vera Sedova single-handedly prevents a tragedy at the college, but a student dies in the process. She claims that the guy had a sawed-off gun, however, no weapons were found. The policewoman is cursed by her parents and the public. The only one who becomes humanly sorry for Vera is the appointed lawyer Ilya Nesterov. Ilya is more and more immersed in the case and is convinced that his client may be right....
Like Father, Like Son
Character: le chauffeur routier
Boris works as a geography teacher in an ordinary Khabarovsk school. His life is pretty routine. In addition to the school and the garden, Boris has a son, Misha, with whom they have been communicating less and less lately and have become distant people for each other. Everything changes when Misha gives his father his old smartphone for his birthday. Boris begins to understand the phone and registers in social networks. Accidentally, Boris adds one unfamiliar woman named Nadezhda as a friend. A...
Dove
Character: Volodka Hippie
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Побег из Москвабада
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All That Jam
Character: Fedka sosed
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Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes
Character: Waiter (segment The Constant)
Eleven comedic vignettes featuring conversations – some important, some less so – held in restaurants over coffee and cigarettes (how quickly time flies – cigarettes are banned in Russia’s restaurants now). The conversations are candid, and even veer into the territory of murder. In the final credits, the director apologizes to Jim Jarmusch, whose work (in the anthology Coffee and Cigarettes, which Jarmusch shot in pieces over many years) Oldenburg-Svintsov is clearly indebted to. Sex, Coffee, C...
Star
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Three different persons, three different lives are connected in a mysterious way. 15 year old teenager suffering of misunderstanding, his glamorous and arrogant stepmother and the young untalented but full of optimism actress. Their destinies aren’t predetermined and their lives are very fragile....
We Are from the Future 2
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Two young Russian historians are going to Ukraine to take part in the reconstruction of the Lvov-Sandomierz operation in July 1944. On sight they fall into conflict with Ukrainian nationalists, and some magical twist of fate, move into the middle of real warfare from more than 60 years. Miraculously avoiding death at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists, caught in the middle of fighting between the Red Army and the Nazis....
Layer
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Big Boss Evgeny Sergeevich instructs Slava and Zhenya to sell a batch of smuggled solar stone. Slava and Zhenya are friends who have been working in amber since childhood. In the 90s, Slava and Zhenya had a chance to rise, to become wealthy people, but one circumstance that happened through the fault of Slava forever deprived them of this opportunity. After receiving a large batch from Evgeny Sergeevich, Zhenya has a plan in his head on how to get rich quickly and become the person he always dre...
Truth
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Again, a commotion in a small Volga town, a girl disappeared again, they are again looking for a maniac. Zhenya is the only one who knows the truth: the death of the child was an accident. Actually, the girl died almost before his eyes. Only he does not dare to tell this truth to anyone. The fact is that Zhenya was released from prison a couple of days ago, and the sister of the deceased child is Zhenya's ex-girlfriend who left him. The ideal accused. And Zhenya embarks on a difficult, humiliati...
It Happens to People
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A lyrical and philosophical story about the lives of ordinary people: acquaintances and strangers, relatives and just met. Their lifelines are intertwined, but what at first seems random obeys the eternal laws of love…...
Sunflower
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Teenager Amir hides from reality in his virtual world. Unlike problems at home and at school, everything is simple and clear in the game. However, conflicts are accumulating, including due to attachment to such a digital escape....
Green Cats
Character: Kirill
This is a story of two old folks, who have spent most of their lives behind prison walls. Now, as seventy year old men, they have been granted amnesty. Both men have a passionate desire to change their lives according to certain plans....
Who's There?
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A knock on your door sets in motion the feeling of anxiety. Should you open? Who, or what, will you encounter if you do? The characters of this continuous-shot anthology film – a billionaire, a commercial pilot, a trainee police officer, and a young single mother – find themselves in critical situations, facing the unknown. To make the right choice they must look deep within themselves, and recognize the true source of their fears....
Both are Two
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A daring 14-year-old Glasha lives with her grandmother in Shuya and dreams of becoming a director. After the death of her grandmother, her older authoritarian aunt should take custody of the girl. However, the freedom-loving Glasha runs away from her to Moscow, to her younger aunt. By the will of circumstances, they go on a joint journey together, which will eventually change both of them....
Nina
Character: Boris
Nina is barely 40, she is attractive and successful: a stable marriage, a trusting relationship with her husband, a little son, a favorite job. The idyll of pleasant stability is broken by a call from the past - Nina's ex-lover Ruslan is dangerously ill and asks her to come to Tbilisi to see him, perhaps for the last time. The husband does not mind, he knew about their relationship in the past. Nina is happy to go to the city where she was happy in order to support a once loved one in a friendly...
The Fencer
Character: Aleksey
Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice....
Man and Woman
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Poignant stories about men and women who have linked their lives — some for years, some for an hour, some for five minutes. Life stories that sound at home in the kitchen, in a compartment with strangers, in a taxi, or left in a notebook as a memory, because if the feelings are real, sincere, then it's forever. Moments of strange encounters and bitter breakups, in which you can see something familiar....
Chelovek Niotkuda
Character: Алексей
Капитан отдела внедрения МВД Сергей Кутепов возвращается домой в Москву после выполнения опасного задания. Вернувшись, он узнает, что его жена Марина изменяет ему. И это – не единственная проблема. При попытке внедрения в банду наркоторговца Кесаря погибает друг Кутепова, офицер отдела внедрения Тихонов. Начальство Кутепова подозревает, что Тихонова выдал банде кто-то из своих. Кутепову поручают внедриться в банду Кесаря и найти «крота»....
Motherland
Character: Хофман
Igor, a Russian oligarch gets into a heated argument with Eva, his estranged daughter whilst traveling on his private jet. Igor orders the plane to land. As the plane touches down Eva disappears into the Goan jungle. Thus begins Igor's desperate search for his only daughter. A search that will bring him and Eva into contact with various characters who in turn are trying to find their own paths through life. Makar, a guy from Novosibirsk, who is desperately searching for enlightenment. Alexey and...
Чучело
Character: Anya's father
Anya takes the blame for her friend and becomes the target of bullying from classmates in the real world and on social networks....
Summer Will Come
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An orphanage resident, Nikita, flees justice to Moscow, where he meets Den, a rich orphan who offers Nikita a ticket to a better life in exchange for his friendship. Nikita agrees, not knowing what price he will have to pay for it....
Frontier
Character: врач Лаврусенко
Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal wich allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II to go through the quest of time and find his one and only beloved....
Girls
Character: Антон
A few summer days of three ordinary Moscow girls on the threshold of adulthood. Farewell to childhood in schoolyards and entrances of sleeping areas, where everything is for the first time and the world is just beginning - from secretly purchased cigarettes and cans with gin and tonic to an adult passport, first love and almost real tragedies....
Help Gone Mad
Character: grandson
Kind and lazy Jenya comes to Moscow from small village in Belarus for earnings. Criminal incident unexpectedly separates Jenya from companions and leaves him alone without money and documents. He has no friends or relatives in this big and hostile city and he is about to end as a homeless bum....
Vongozero: The Outbreak
Character: Sergey
A deadly virus of unknown origin has decimated Moscow. Sergey, along with his girlfriend and their autistic son are joined by his exwife, their son and several fellows to escape the quarantine zone lest they suffer a slow and painful death. Somewhere far away, on a desert island in Karelia, there is a cabin- their only chance to start all over again. But the journey will not be an easy one as the deadly virus and interpersonal conflict threaten to pull the group apart....
Rat Trap
Character: Pjotr
During an election campaign, a large sum of money goes missing at an Estonian politician's home party. The story involves some party guests who have serious money problems and are trying to come to terms with past mistakes. However, the self-confident politician strangely does not turn to the police, but begins to demand his justice by force....
Legs - Atavism
Character: Norvegov
In this 10-minute study the fi lm crew tries to get to the secrets of one of the wildest branches of experimental medicine....
Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode
Character: He
On a deserted railway line two trains have stopped because of repair works. Opposite each other. Time goes by, and movement is still not restored. Among the passengers some strange relations begin to develop......
Rag Union
Character: policeman
The life of the ordinary teenager Vania changes when he makes the acquaintance of three strange guys. Sportsmen, hooligans, dreamers – they call themselves “Rag Union” and believe that they can change the world. Enchanted by his new friendship, Vania puts them up at his dacha and tries to become part of their grand organization. But the neighbour girl Sasha has her own plans with this company....
The Voice of The Sea
Character: Иван
The touching love story of a deaf fisherman and singer from a coastal cafe....
The Afghan Caravan
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The story of a controlled supply (several tons of drugs), which was carried out by Soviet customs officers in close contact with US intelligence agencies. Alexander Vetrov, while performing a combat mission in Afghanistan, is captured by dushmans. The only chance for him to return to his homeland is to accompany the caravan with the load of its "owner". But neither he nor his "master" are aware that the secret services are already carrying the cargo ......
Valery Kharlamov. Additional time
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This is the life story of the outstanding Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov. They say that sometimes people are able to foresee their death, then before their eyes in a short period of time all life passes, all the most significant moments, all the people dear to a person. The plot of the picture and the style of narration is very different from everything that has already been shot or written on this topic. Like an ordinary Russian guy who has a congenital heart disease and is an eternal t...
Boris Godunov
Character: Kurbskiy
Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven into a mysterious knot or pattern. The choice of each of us is also the choice of our own history. An incorrect individual choice or a karmic mistake can lead to a chain of fatal events. If a person finds himself in power, it can become a problem for the whole people....
Love and Monsters
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A warm sea, hot sun, a burning beauty in a police uniform and a bottle of wine are all that Yura Skvortsov needs to be happy, who has come to the resort to heal his mental wounds. Of course, there is a low season at any resort. But only here, in Bulgaria, it comes literally. First, the English dog disappears, then the lion, and then the already few tourists disappear altogether. Yura will have to defend his right to live and love in a fierce battle with unknown monsters that threaten all living ...
Ivan's Happiness
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Reflections of the shift worker Ivan, who, due to life circumstances, overcomes more than 9000 km to return home. On his way he meets many interesting people: military, students, mothers with children, men, women, old people. The landscapes outside the window, time zones, people are changing. But their stories remain, stories about life, love, hope and faith....
Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut
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"Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut" tells us a story that happened the day before - The New Year. It is the time when we wait for the wishes to come true. The picture is about our dreams that change with time and, unfortunately, become more pragmatic. The characters dedicate their lives to the career without noticing anything around them even their lovers' worries. Living this day together with characters, a viewer understands that it is never too late to implement in life their dreams. A busine...
Call Me Blackbird
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From the first look Kostya “Cat” Sukhoveev is an ordinary 15-years old boy. He doesn’t do very well at school, his parents are in the middle of a divorce, and he doesn’t have many friends, until one day he finds one online…...
Live
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Blogger Yegor, who has millions of followers, in pursuit of content, goes to shoot a test drive of a car in the Caucasus Mountains. Everything gets out of control at the moment when an employee of the car company Alexander, who is helping Yegor, accidentally steps on a military mine, and Yegor decides to hype on this. Now, when one is fighting for his own life, and another one for millions of views - every man stands for himself. Together they will have to decide who is going to die online?...
Unreachable
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Vanya is sixteen. He spends every summer in the countryside with his childhood friends Masha and Kirill. But this summer promises to be completely unusual. The guys decide to give up mobile phones and find themselves in the real world, which promises many exciting adventures, experiences, and first true love....
V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure
Character: Yan Vilis
A group of young treasure hunters are trying to find a powerful artefact buried by Nazis during WWII....