10 best Soviet TV series

The USSR no longer exists, but the famous series created at Soviet film studios remain. And if you want to refresh your memory of your favorite serial films of childhood or learn something new and interesting about them, we are glad to present a selection of the 10 best Soviet TV series filmed in the USSR.

10. The Adventures of Electronics (1979)

Genre: fantasy, kids, adventure
Kinopoisk rating: 7.9
Rating IMDb: 7.6
Producer: Konstantin Bromberg
Music: Evgeny Krylatov

Who in childhood has not dreamed of finding a brilliant twin robot who would get A's at school, do homework, and help parents? Alas, so far this is only available in "The Adventures of Electronics" - one of the best children's science fiction series of all time.

For the search for Elektronik and his human protégé, samples of many pairs of twins were arranged throughout the Soviet Union. As a result, brothers Vladimir and Yuri Torsuev were lucky. Already as adults, they slightly exploited the popularity of "Adventures of Electronics", creating together with the singer Tatyana Mikhailova the trio "Syroezhkina's Garage". They performed bard songs, jazz and rock.

9. Midshipmen, go ahead! (1987)

Genre: adventure, history, melodrama
Kinopoisk rating: 8.1
Rating IMDb: 7.5
Producer: Svetlana Druzhinina
Music: Victor Lebedev

The charismatic trinity - Sergei Zhigunov, Dmitry Kharatyan and Vladimir Shevelkov - who played the main characters, turned out to be not as friendly in life as in the movies. But who cares when they appear on the screens, brave handsome midshipmen looking for adventure, love and service to the Fatherland?

As is the case with many cult Soviet TV series, the original composition of "Midshipmen" was completely different from what we saw on the screen.

The role of Alexander Belov was to be played by Oleg Menshikov. As a result, he voiced Belov for Sergei Zhigunov, and Dmitry Kharatyan sang songs "for himself and for Sashka."

The owner of the "fly that is worth a lot" was seen in Yuri Moroz, but he refused because of his thesis.

And the son of Svetlana Druzhinina, Mikhail Mukasey, was approved for the role of "bastard", but he fell ill and the role passed to Shevelkov. By the way, Vladimir Shevelkov was dissatisfied with his performance and participation in "Midshipmen" and the only one of the three called his role an actor's failure.

8. Shield and sword (1968)

Genre: drama, military, adventure
Kinopoisk rating: 8.1
Rating IMDb: 7.7
Producer: Vladimir Basov
Music: Veniamin Basner

The prototype of the "predecessor of Stirlitz" Johann Weiss was the legendary Soviet intelligence officer Alexander Svyatogorov, who led the operations to eliminate the military commandant of Kharkov, General Georg von Braun and the leader of the UPA, Stepan Bandera.

According to the leading actor Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Putin liked Shield and Sword so much in his time that he influenced his decision to become an intelligence officer.

7. D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (1979)

Genre: adventure, musical, history
Kinopoisk rating: 8.1
Rating IMDb: 7.9
Producer: Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich
Music: Maxim Dunaevsky

After the show of this series, many little musketeers appeared on the streets of Soviet and then Russian cities.But none of them suspected that completely different actors could play their favorite characters.

For example, they wanted to invite Alexander Abdulov to the role of a brave Gascon, first to Yuri Solomin and then Vasily Livanov to the role of Athos, and Georgy Martirosyan to the role of Porthos.

Lembit Ulfsak auditioned for the role of the cutesy handsome Aramis (played by Jacques Paganel in the 1985 series "In Search of Captain Grant").

The role of Milady could be played by Elena Solovey, and Constance - by Evgenia Simonova.

However, the "final" cast, approved for the main roles, coped with their task so well that for a long time they became idols not only for children, but also for adults.

By the way, the Count of Rochefort was still able to defeat D'Artagnan, although he did not want to. During the filming of the Merlezon ballet scene at the Odessa Opera House, Boris Klyuev, who played Rochefort, injured Mikhail Boyarsky. Klyuev's sword knocked out Boyarsky's tooth and damaged the palate.

6. In Search of Captain Grant (1985)

Genre: Adventures
Kinopoisk rating: 8.1
Rating IMDb: 8.3
Producer: Stanislav Govorukhin
Music: Maxim Dunaevsky, Igor Kantyukov, Isaac Dunaevsky

Stunning music, brave and noble heroes, the mystery that Captain Grant's message carries ... This series is a delight for the eyes and soul of a teenager who dreams of adventure and romance.

And although according to the scenario, Lord Glenarvan and his companions traveled to the Atlantic islands, visited New Zealand and Australia and plowed the Pacific Ocean, in reality the shooting took place in Bulgaria, Crimea and the Black Sea. But this only emphasizes the beauty and diversity of the nature of the republics that were part of the USSR.

Interesting fact: The fate of Captain Grant and his companions in the film adaptation has been changed from that of the Jules Verne novel. In the book, both Grant himself and two of his sailors survived the "imprisonment" on the island, in the film, one of the sailors died, and the second lost his mind, only Grant remained unharmed.

5. Guest from the future (1984)

Genre: fantasy, kids, adventure
Kinopoisk rating: 8.2
Rating IMDb: 8.2
Producer: Pavel Arsenov
Music: Evgeny Krylatov

The story of a girl from the future, with extraordinary physical and intellectual abilities, courageous character and beautiful, wide-open eyes, has fascinated more than one generation of Russian children. Actress Natalya Guseva, who played Alice, received whole bags of letters with declarations of love.

The film was shot for almost three years, but its budget was limited, because of which the audience did not see some interesting scenes. For example, in CosmoZoo, Kolya Gerasimov was supposed to see ordinary skliss, an orange ball from the cold swamps of Ankudin and a snake that did not end.

But extraordinary flips - flying cars, myelophon, spaceport, evil space pirates, and, of course, Alice's prediction about the future - were remembered for a long time. And the song “The Beautiful is Far Away” became an anthem of the hope that new generations might be more fortunate than the current one.

4. Big Change (1972)

Genre: melodrama, comedy
Kinopoisk rating: 8.4
Rating IMDb: 8.1
Producer: Alexey Korenev
Music: Eduard Kolmanovsky, Mikhail Glinka

This series was originally supposed to be called The Adventures of a School Teacher. However, this was prevented by the Minister of Education M. Prokofiev, who was not delighted with the fact that a comedy serial film was being shot about teachers.

As a result, the prize for the best new name - a bottle of cognac - was received by the operator Anatoly Mukasey.

3.12 chairs (1976)

Genre: comedy, detective, adventure
Kinopoisk rating: 8.5
Rating IMDb: 8.3
Producer: Mark Zakharov
Music: Gennady Gladkov

The story of how Kisa and Osya wanted to become millionaires, and what came of it, is interesting to watch to this day. Comrade Bender turned out to be too charming, whose image on the screen was embodied by Andrei Mironov. And Anatoly Papanov became his friend in search of chairs made by master Gambs.

Surprisingly, while most of the 12 Chairs episodes take place outdoors, they (and the entire series) were actually filmed on stage.

2. The meeting place cannot be changed (1979)

Genre: crime, detective, drama
Kinopoisk rating: 8.9
Rating IMDb: 8.8
Producer: Stanislav Govorukhin
Music: Evgeny Gevorgyan

The series about the confrontation between the brave employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department and the cruel gang "Black Cat" was filmed based on the novel "Era of Mercy", written by the brothers Arkady and Georgy Vainer.

And if for Vladimir Vysotsky the role of Zheglov was practically "booked", then a real battle unfolded behind the scenes for the role of Sharapov. 13 actors applied for it, including Alexander Abdulov, Viktor Fokin and Stanislav Sadalsky. As a result, Vladimir Konkin became Sharapov, much to the displeasure of the Weiners.

The film material, shot by Stanislav Govorukhin, would be enough for a 7-episode film. But the director failed to defend it, a representative of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company demanded to reduce the series by two episodes. However, even 5 episodes turned out to be enough for "The meeting place cannot be changed" until now remained one of the most famous Soviet TV series.

1. Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)

Genre: military, drama, adventure
Kinopoisk rating: 8.9
Rating IMDb: 8.9
Producer: Tatiana Lioznova
Music: Mikael Tariverdiev

When Stirlitz walked along the corridors of the Gestapo, the streets of Soviet cities were empty. And after the premiere of the series, Lioznova's phone was broken - the audience wanted to know what would happen to their favorite characters next.

Leonid Bronevoy first auditioned for the role of Hitler. It is good that he was not approved, because it is now impossible to imagine in the role of the chief of the Gestapo Heinrich Müller someone other than Armor. And this is despite the fact that the cinematic image is very far from the real one, because the film crew did not have a photo of the real Muller.

But Oleg Tabakov turned out to be so similar to the real Walter Schellenberg that Schellenberg's relatives sent him a letter of thanks from Germany.

Until 2009, there was only a black and white version of 17 Moments of Spring. Work on the restoration and painting of the cult series of the Soviet era was timed to May 9. They took three years, and some of the frames had to be hand-painted.