Totems

2022 - 2022

Episode 1

18th February 2022

Episode 1

February 1965. A Soviet orbital bomb project threatens the global geopolitical balance. Francis Mareuil, an aerospace engineer, is contacted by the French secret services to recruit Boris Goloubev, the scientist who allowed this bomb to exist. In Moscow, the KGB organizes surveillance of Boris by forcing his daughter, Lyudmila, to spy on him.

Episode 2

18th February 2022

Episode 2

In East Berlin, Francis discovers that Boris is under the permanent surveillance of the Stasi, the East German secret service. He approaches Lyudmila, convinced that she will be able to give him access to his father, but unaware of his links with the KGB.

Episode 3

18th February 2022

Episode 3

Boris Goloubev directs the launch of a space probe that turns into a fiasco and crashes in the Algerian desert. Opposed to the Soviet army on the management of this crisis, he finds himself under house arrest. For his part, Francis is looking for a way to save Lyudmila by moving her to the West, even if it means taking big risks.

Episode 4

25th February 2022

Episode 4

Lyudmila is back in Czechoslovakia with her wounded father, and in danger: the KGB is tracking her down. Francis tries to understand what Boris found in the probe and retreats further and further away from his family.

Episode 5

25th February 2022

Episode 5

Lyudmila is alone and stuck in Czechoslovakia. Francis reconciles with his wife and takes part in a mission co-speared by the SDECE and the CIA, with a common goal: to contact Boris.

Episode 6

Episode 6

While investigating Charles Contignet, Anne makes a troubling discovery. Hunted by the KGB, Lyudmila hides with a Czech family. There is only one way out for her: to contact Francis and ask him to come save her.

Episode 7

Episode 7

In Czechoslovakia, Francis jumps through hoops to find Lyudmila. As they try to get back West, Yemelin and his henchmen chase them down. Anne finds a top-secret document and is now in danger. She must flee.

Episode 8

11th March 2022

Episode 8

As the orbital bomb is about to crash, Francis, Lyudmila and Anne risk capture and death. Yemelin, through powerful allies in France, will do anything to get the numbers back, as well as the list.

Top Cast

Niels Schneider•Vera Kolesnikova•José Garcia

Drama War & Politics

Set in 1965 in the midst of the Cold War, Totems follows a French scientist, Francis Mareuil, as he begins working as a spy. While working for the French Secret Service and the CIA, Mareuil meets Lyudmila Goloubeva, a pianist forced to work for the KGB. A romance blossoms between them but neither can be sure what is an expression of their true feelings, and what is the fruit of political shenanigans…

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Full Cast

Niels Schneider Image

Niels Schneider

Francis Mareuil

Vera Kolesnikova Image

Vera Kolesnikova

Lyudmila Goloubeva

José Garcia Image

José Garcia

Virgile Hiriart

Lambert Wilson Image

Lambert Wilson

Charles Contignet

Ana Girardot Image

Ana Girardot

Anne Mareuil

Aleksey Guskov Image

Aleksey Guskov

Boris Goloubev

Mikhail Gorevoy Image

Mikhail Gorevoy

Dimitri Yemeline

Tim Ahern Image

Tim Ahern

Larry Goldstein

Daniela Hirsh Image

Daniela Hirsh

Hortense

Jules Dhios Francisco

Paul Mareuil

Surho Sugaipov Image

Surho Sugaipov

Yuri Melia

Eden Ducourant Image

Eden Ducourant

Martine

Carolina Jurczak Image

Carolina Jurczak

Marie Contignet

François Girard Image

François Girard

Pierre

Petr Hanak

Ivo

Antonin Maurel Image

Antonin Maurel

Col. Loridon

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Creator

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Creator

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