Andrey Babenko

A story of Larisa, an actress of a provincial theater. Despite her talent, commitment to the work she loves and years of dedication to theater, Larisa never got a role longer than a couple of phrases. Will she be able to prove to the director, spectators and, first of all, to herself, that she deserves much more and what will she risk to achieve it?

A ten-year-old orphan gets adopted by a man pursued by the Mob. After surviving a hit man's attack, by a strange twist of circumstances the new foster father now has the would-be-killer's appearance, that of his son's biological dad.

The history of the formation of the personality of the Catherine the Great from the moment of her arrival in Russia as the bride of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich to her ascension to the Russian throne. Almost 20 years of palace intrigues, conspiracies, power struggles and personal dramas.