Trace (TV series)
| Trace | |
|---|---|
 TV poster | |
| Also known as | След |
| Genre | Criminal, Detective, Drama |
| Created by | Konstantin Ernst Yuri Kharnas |
| Starring | , Andrey Lavrov and others |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 28 |
| No. of episodes | 2590 (30 August 2021) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Alexander Levin |
| Running time | 30–59 minutes |
| Production companies | TeleRoman OTK |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel One Russia (2007-2011) Petersburg – Channel 5 (Since 2011) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | September 3, 2007 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Trace (Russian: След, romanized: Sled) is a Russian crime drama television series about employees of Federal Expert Service ('FES'), the fictional organization. It was broadcast on the Channel One Russia from September 3, 2007 till August 25, 2011 (Monday – Thursday, night TV broadcast).[1] According to Alexander Levin, Producer, the idea of the TV-series belonged to Konstantin Ernst.[2] From September 5, 2011 premiere episodes broadcast on Petersburg – Channel 5, and show has high ratings.[3][4]
FES[]
The show tells the story of new governmental body created in MVD to solve X files and high crimes cases. FES (Russian: "Федеральная экспертная служба") is Federal Expert Service, bringing together specialists in various areas: software development, ballistics, forensic and investigators. FES is doing the whole range of expertise and researches, and it is investigating the most complex and intricate crimes. Launched as an experiment, FES trains young professionals and it assists to other special organizations as FSB and MVDs branches in solving crimes. Any investigator or detective, people from the Prosecutor's Office and a police officer can ask FES for a help. There was futuristic office created especially for shooting: laboratory, a meeting room, a morgue, interrogation room and so on.[5] There was number of cases when Russian citizens complained to FES, because they were not aware that the organization shown in the TV-series was fictional. Press Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Primorye Territory asked residents to beware of scams that have long posed as employees of FES.[6][7]
The show is considered as Russian adaptation to American CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Creators[]
- General Producer — Alexander Levin
- Executive Producer —
- Directors — (Episodes 1 - 40), (from Episode 41)
- Chief Editor —
- Film Directors — Armen Aruryunyan-Eletsky, Petr Krotenko, Salavat Vakhitov, Kamil Zakirov and others.
- Writers — , , , , , Vasily Kopyakin, Darya Kokorina and others.
Cast[]
- — Galina Rogozina, Police Colonel, MD, The Head of FES (from Episode 1)
- — Nikolai Kruglov, Major Police Senior Officer, Deputy Head of FES (from Episode 1)
- — Valentina Antonova, The Medical Examiner (from Episode 1)
- — Peter Romashin, professor and Medical Examiner (Episodes 1 - 409, Episode 551)
- — Ivan Tikhonov, programmer, biologist and The Head of The Computer Department (Episode 1)
- — Tatyana Belaya, ballistics, Lieutenant / Captain of Police, detective (Episodes 2 – 335, from Episode 928)
- — Sergey Maysky, Major of GRU, Senior Officer. Biker. (from Episode 3)
- — Daria Maximova, programmer, chemist (Episodes 23 – 110)
- Andrey Lavrov — Constantine Kotov, Police Captain, detective (Episodes 25 – 909, from Episode 1060)
- — Igor Shustov, Police Captain, ballistics, detective (from Episode 27)
- — Konstantin Lisitsyn, Major Police Senior Officer (from Episode 27)
- — Sergey Belozerov, programmer, biologist (Episodes 31 – 508)
- — Ekaterina Gordeeva, Major Police Senior Officer (Episodes 39 – 90)
- — Alla Semenchuk, Assistant (Episodes 87 – 489)
- — Elena Shustova, Senior Police Lieutenant, programmer, the wife of Igor Shustov (Episodes 118 – 242)
- — Julia Sokolova, The Captain of Police, detective (Episodes 118 – 553)
- — Oxana Amelina, Senior Police Lieutenant, programmer (from Episode 263)
- — Boris Selivanov, medical examiner, a former plastic surgeon (Episodes 448 — 2538)
- — Paul Granik, Captain of Police, detective (from Episode 547)
- — Andrew Kholodov, Police Captain, programmer (from Episode 566)
- — Margarita Vlasova, Police Captain, detective (Episodes 572 – 847)
- Sergey Kovalenko — Stepan Danilov, Captain of Police, detective (from Episode 632)
- — Roman Aristov, Major Police Senior Officer (from Episode 668)
- — Olga Dunayeva, Senior Lieutenant of Police, detective (from Episode 925)
- — Alyona, Office Manager. (Episodes 4 – 57)
- — Andrei Romanov, trainee, an employee of FES (Episodes 17, 21)
- Elena Lander — Vika
- — Alexei Vinogradov, Police Captain, an employee of FES (Episodes 23, 24, 26)
- Elena Nikitina — Victoria Gromova, programmer, replaces Ivan Tikhonov (Episodes 24, 27)
- — Valery, trainee, an employee of FES (Episodes 26, 28, 29, 30, 33)
- Irina Medvedeva — Daria Gordeeva, Laboratory Assistant, replaces Ivan Tikhonov (Episode 32)
- Nikolay Vinogradov — Captain of FES (Episodes 90 – 102)
- — Anna Shmeleva, Police Captain, ballistics (Episodes 385, 388, 390)
- Vladimir Smirnov — Andrey Morozov, Senior Police Lieutenant, programmer (Episodes 545, 548, 550, 551)
- — Ilya Danilov, detective (Episodes 613, 614)
- — Olga Gorokhova, Senior Lieutenant of Police, detective (Episodes 868, 880)
- - Bubnov, expert on antiques (Episode 859)
- — Taisya Kaplevich, witness during interrogation (Episode 1062)
- Mariya Fomina — Varya Golinskaya
Production[]
The filming process is very intensive: six episodes in one time. In the first months of the project, shooting could be up to 18 hours per day, then - up to 12 hours.[8][9] Many actors, including leading actors, did not survive the rhythm of the shooting and left the project. At the time of filming an Episode 450 there were already 3500 actors.[10]
Awards and nominations[]
Prize of The Association of Professional Producers of Film and Television in TV-Movie:
- 2014 Best TV series [13]
- 2015 Best TV series
References[]
- ^ Sled TV Series on Channel One Russia Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ About Sled TV Series on Echo of Moscow radio station
- ^ Audience opinion about Russian TV Series
- ^ Kommersant.ru about Sled ratings
- ^ KP.RU about Sled TV Series shooting
- ^ Crime victims in Primorye complain to the fictional organization
- ^ Sterlitamak crook posing as an employee of the Federal Expert Service, took away mobile phones among teenagers
- ^ Olga Koposova: «In Sled I'm ready to work even in 1000 episodes!» // KP.RU
- ^ Sled TV Series lost a good professional.// KP.RU
- ^ Where Sled goes?
- ^ 1TV.RU news
- ^ TEFI Nomination of Sled TV Series
- ^ Prize to Sled TV series
External links[]
- Channel One Russia original programming
- 2000s Russian television series
- 2010s Russian television series
- Russian crime television series
- Russian-language television shows
- Police procedural television series
- 2007 Russian television series debuts
- Russian television series based on American television series