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Also known as | Homeland |
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Based on | Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff |
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Country of origin | Russia |
Original language | Russian |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
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Producer | Timur Weinstein |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 48–68 minutes |
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Network | Russia-1 |
Release | March 16 March 26, 2015 | –
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"In adapting the most important thing - to find the salt, the essence of the story that touches the audience, how to convey emotion on screen. We need to do a story that is very close to the Russian audience."
Timur Weinstein[4]
Rodina (Russian: Родина; Homeland) is a Russian political thriller television series developed by Pavel Lungin and Timur Weinstein,[5] based on the Israeli series Hatufim, which was created by Gideon Raff. Rodina is a second adaptation of Hatufim, after the American version Homeland by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.
The series stars Viktoriya Isakova as Anna Zimina, a Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, and Vladimir Mashkov as Alexey Bragin, a Russian Marine Corps sniper. Anna comes to believe that Alexey, who was held captive by Chechen terrorists as a prisoner of war, was "turned" by the enemy and threatens the Russian Federation.
The series was broadcast in the Russian Federation on channel Russia-1, and produced by WeiT Media. The first episode aired on March 16, 2015, and the last on March 26, 2015. The series was a ratings hit, with the premiere the network's highest-rated show in two years.[6]