Fartsa () is a Russian criminal drama about fartsovka (a widespread phenomenon in the USSR from the 1950s-1980s).
In early 2017 Fartsa became one of the first Russian TV series to be sold to the world's largest American online video service, Netflix.
Story Kostya Germanov has lost badly at cards, and is heavily in debt to organized criminals. His three friends, Andrei, Boris and Sanya, decide to help Kostya. The four friends are forced to become speculators as it is the only way to help their friend.
Cast Alexander Petrov as Andrei Trofimov Philipp Gorenstein as Boris Zeller Yevgeny Stychkin as Maksim Pontonov (Pont) Zoya Berber as Nadya Vostrikova Aleksei Serebryakov as German Vostrikov Taisiya Vilkova as Zina Zeller Aleksandr Yatsenko as Sergei Zadorozhny Yekaterina Volkova as Valeria Lanskaya, editor of Yunost Lyudmila Arinina as grandma Rusha Daniil Strakhov as Gennady Shpalikov Yevgeny Tsyganov as Yan Rokotov
Crew
Editors — Maxim Urmanov, Dmitry Slyusarchuk, Sergey Akimov Second Director — Galina Strizhevskaya Second Operator — Artyom Ignatov Chief Editor — Olga Shentorovich Stunt Coordinator — Viktor Ivanov Production Designer — Sergey Tyrin Costume Designer — Ekaterina Dyminskaya Make-up Artist — Natalia Krymskaya Make-up — Olga Mironova Sound Producer — Valentin Shupenich
Episodes The premiere was broadcast March 30, 2015 on Russia's Channel One.
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