Totems

Totems

Ended First aired 18/Feb/2022 France French 1 season(s) 8 episode(s)
DramaWar & 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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Season 1 · Season 1
8 episode(s) · Air date: 18/Feb/2022
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S1E8
Episode 8
Air date: 11/Mar/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
Summary

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.

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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.

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S1E7
Episode 7
Air date: 04/Mar/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E6
Episode 6
Air date: 04/Mar/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E5
Episode 5
Air date: 25/Feb/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E4
Episode 4
Air date: 25/Feb/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E3
Episode 3
Air date: 18/Feb/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E2
Episode 2
Air date: 18/Feb/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E1
Episode 1
Air date: 18/Feb/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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Niels Schneider
Niels Schneider
Francis Mareuil
Vera Kolesnikova
Vera Kolesnikova
Lyudmila Goloubeva
José Garcia
José Garcia
Virgile Hiriart
Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson
Charles Contignet
Ana Girardot
Ana Girardot
Anne Mareuil
Aleksey Guskov
Aleksey Guskov
Boris Goloubev
Mikhail Gorevoy
Mikhail Gorevoy
Dimitri Yemeline
Tim Ahern
Tim Ahern
Larry Goldstein
Daniela Hirsh
Daniela Hirsh
Hortense
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Jules Dhios Francisco
Paul Mareuil
Surho Sugaipov
Surho Sugaipov
Yuri Melia
Eden Ducourant
Eden Ducourant
Martine
Carolina Jurczak
Carolina Jurczak
Marie Contignet
François Girard
François Girard
Pierre
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Petr Hanak
Ivo
Antonin Maurel
Antonin Maurel
Col. Loridon

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Juliette Soubrier
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Olivier Dujols
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