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Genre | Political satire Comedy |
Created by | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
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Theme music composer | Dmytro Shurov |
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Country of origin | Ukraine |
Original languages | Russian Ukrainian |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 51 |
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Production locations | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Running time | 40—90 minutes |
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Network | 1+1 |
Release | 16 November 2015 28 March 2019 | –
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Servant of the People,[a] sometimes known as Servant of the Nation, is a Ukrainian political satire comedy television series created and produced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stars as Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko, a high-school history teacher in his thirties who is unexpectedly elected President of Ukraine after a viral video filmed by one of his students shows him making a profane rant against government corruption in his country.[1][2][3] The series ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2019, and a film adaptation was released in 2016.[4]
The series was produced by Kvartal 95, which was founded by Zelenskyy.[5] It would become much more involved in Ukraine's actual politics; in 2018, a political party named after the television series was registered,[6] and Zelenskyy was elected president of Ukraine in 2019.[7]
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