Molodezhka

Molodezhka

The 2013 release poster to season 1
Genre Comedy
Drama
Sport
Created by Vyacheslav Murugov
Written by Leonid Kuprido
Alexander Bulynko
Alexander Tykun
Sergei Olekhnik
Directed by Sergei Arlanov
Andrei Golovkov
Starring Denis Nikiforov
Alexander Sokolovsky
Makar Zaporozhsky
Ivan Zhvakin
Ivan Dubrovsky
Ivan Mulin
Vlad Kanopka
Igor Ogurtsov
Ilya Korobko
Country of origin  Russia
Original language(s) Russian
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 172
Production
Producer(s) Vyacheslav Murugov
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Dmitry Tabarchuk
Dmitry Rudovsky
Location(s) Podolsk[1]
Running time ~ 48 minutes
Production company(s) Art Pictures Vision
Release
Original network Russia STS
STS International
Picture format HDTV
Original release October 7, 2013 – Spring 2017 (Season 4)
Website ctc.ru/rus/projects/serials/molodezhka/

Molodezhka (Russian: Молодёжка; literally known as The Junior Team) is a Russian TV series which airs on STS. The series tells the story of a junior hockey club named The Bears (Russian: Медведи Medvedi). The series was produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk and his Art Pictures Studio.[2]

The first season was aired beginning on October 7, 2013. The second season was aired starting on November 17, 2014. The third season started filming since April 27, 2015, to October 19, 2015,[2] and was aired since October 26, 2015, to February 26, 2016. The fourth season is aired on STS since October 17, 2016.[3]

On November 19, 2016, the series was officially greenlighted for a 40-webisode fifth season.[4] Release of the fifth season is planned in autumn 2017.

Plot

The events take place in the town of Podolsk when The Bears hockey club hires a new coach, Sergei Makeyev, a former National Hockey League player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League and make The Bears a successful team. It will be not easy, because the players do not feel as a whole, and work as individuals. In addition, they have other things to do: family, love life, and studies.

There are also those who are trying as quickly as possible to get rid of the new coach.[2]

Cast

Hockey teams players

The Bears

Titan

Ice Kings

Team managers and coaches

Girls

Parents

Guest stars

Rating

The show became highly popular and was ranked by Rossiyskaya Gazeta as the fourth-best TV series for 2013.[2]

Production

The casting was held in Chelyabinsk, while all the games and training scenes were shot in Ice Hockey Hall in Podolsk. Filming took place in Samara, Tolyatti, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk and Mytishchi in Moscow Oblast.

The hockey scenes (in seasons 1 and 2) were managed by Yevgeny Polynskikh, who previously worked with Canadian specialists on the set of the movie Legend № 17.

Books based on Molodezhka

In October 2013, Eksmo released first book called "Molodezhka:The First Match" (Russian: Молодёжка.Первый матч) written by Yekaterina Nevolina based on the first season of the series.[6] In January 12, 2015, Eksmo released second book called "Molodezhka:Chance for a Victory" (Russian: Молодёжка.Шанс на победу) written by Anna Antonova based on the second season of the series.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Вокруг ТВ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Россия смотрит «Молодежку»!
  3. ↑ «Молодёжка» начинает четвёртую серию игр
  4. ↑ Вячеслав Муругов о пятом сезоне // November 19, 2016
  5. 1 2 Сериал «Молодёжка» закрывают
  6. ↑ "График выхода книг издательства «Эксмо» на октябрь 2013 года". Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  7. ↑ "Шанс на победу". Retrieved 2015-01-13.
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