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The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt
The boys don't apologize
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ivan Yankovsky
Vova Suvorov «Adidas»
8 eps
Ruzil Minekaev
Marat Suvorov
8 eps
Leon Kemstach
Andrey Vasilyev «Palto»
8 eps
Anastasiya Krasovskaya
Irina Sergeevna
8 eps
Anna Peresild
Aygul' Akhmerova
8 eps
Nikita Kologrivyy
«Koshey»
8 eps
Elizaveta Bazykina
Natasha
8 eps
Yuliya Aleksandrova
Svetlana Mikhaylovna - Andrey's mother
8 eps
Sergey Burunov
Kirill Suvorov
8 eps
Anton Vasilyev
Ildar Yunusovich
8 eps
Slava Kopeykin
Valera Turkin «Turbo»
8 eps
Lev Zulkarnaev
Vakhit Zimaletdinov «Zima»
8 eps
Aleksandr Samoylenko Jr.
Denis Konevich
8 eps
Andrey Maksimov
«Zholtiy»
8 eps
Grigoriy Dudnik
Iskander
8 eps
Yaroslav Mogilnikov
Misha Tilkin «Eralash»
8 eps
Ivan Makarevich
«Dzhon»
8 eps
Albert Tavabilov
Albert Salikhov «Lampa»
8 eps
Nikita Manets
Kirill
8 eps
Svetlana Smirnova-Katsagadzhieva
Dilyara - Marat's mother
8 eps
Vladimir Vinogradov
video salon owner
8 eps
Lidiya Ilyina
Polina Filippovna - «Eralash's» grandmother
8 eps
Nataliya Potapova
Flyura Gabdulovna
8 eps
Olga Lapshina
Aunt Nina
8 eps
Varvara Kuprina
Yulya - Andrey's sister
8 eps
Ruslana Doronina
Aygul''s mother
8 eps
Ilidus Abrakhmanov
Aygul''s father
8 eps
Lev Cherepanov
Kolik
8 eps
Sergey Mardar
Suvorov school head
8 eps
Kseniya Abdrafigina
Lyuda - «Koshey's» girlfriend
8 eps
Dina Gubaydullina
Roza
8 eps
Daniil Kiselev
«Tsigan»
8 eps
Lev Kotkin
«Lapot'»
8 eps
Yuliya Abramova
concierge
8 eps
Marina Barsukova
consignment seller
8 eps
Marina Antonova
consignment seller
8 eps
Mikhail Levchenko
man at the market
8 eps
Maksim Gorshkov
Komsomol secretary
8 eps
Tatyana Korneta
Marat’s grandmother
8 eps
Mariya Bokova
преподаватель музыки
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the late 1980s, when “perestroika” was taking place in the USSR and the era of the Soviet Union was about to collapse, life became unstable and very different. The 1980s brought not only freedom, but also waves of crime on the city streets. While some young people began to ‘grow up’ on the streets, others found it difficult to find their place in this unpredictable reality. Andrey, lives with his mother and five-year-old sister. He studies at a music school and often encounters street teenagers who harass him. To protect himself, Andrey makes friends with one of these teenagers, Marat, who introduces him to gang life. Youth groups fight for every piece of territory; they defend their right to live the life, even breaking laws and promises. The only thing that matters to them is the vows they make to their gang members-brothers, with whom they confront the violence and fears of the adult world.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Episode 1
A step outside. Quiet 14-year-old Andrei meets kids who are far from his circle. With them behind him, no school bully is scary.
S01E05
Episode 5
Honest business. Andrei's new idea attracts the attention of the streets, which see everything. But even under their strict supervision, evil begets evil.
S01E03
Episode 3
One fist is a threat, but ten is trouble. Someone has to answer for the fate of one of the boys, but street fights don't end with a conversation.
S01E02
Episode 2
A completely different disco. Marat's brother returns from military service. The world has changed, and Vova's plans extend far beyond the hustle and bustle in the courtyard.
S01E06
Episode 6
The streets are unforgiving. Vova, Marat, and Zima conceal the details of their meeting with the Dombytovs, as the consequences could be irreversible for everyone.
S01E04
Episode 4
Just like in the movies. Marat and his friends rescue Vova from the hospital and buy themselves some time to think. Is it possible to turn away from the path of violence halfway through?
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Vitaly ShlyappoProducer
- Eduard IloyanProducer
- Timur WeinsteinProducer
- Aleksey ZemskiyProducer
- Fyodor BondarchukProducer
- Georgy ShabanovProducer
Direction
- Zhora KryzhovnikovDirector
Cinematography
- Yury KorobeynikovDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
1 win
White Elephant Award
1 win
- WinnerWhite Elephant Award
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