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Lektor (2011)
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Original name: Лектор
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Car explosion in the centre of Moscow. The double agent in the Russian secret services. The international dealer the weapon «under a cap» at the British investigation. The dissident poisoned in London. The monk from Kosovo, rescuing a unique icon. The American rockets in the Eastern Europe. The terrorist shot in Warsaw. The Russian physicist in the centre of political scandal. The dangerous criminal living in Tallinn under an assumed name and under another's person. All is the mad world round them. He is a professor of political science. She is a free artist. And between them a strange feeling ... very similar to love.
Style:
psychological, exciting, tense, serious, tricky, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
counter intelligence, espionage, spy, terrorist, secret service, scandal, forbidden love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, undercover agent, secret agent, rescue, society, relationship problems, relationships, male female relationship, danger, criminal, dissident, love story, love interest, political scandal, couple relations, terrorizing, special agent, cia ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
moscow russia
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