The Artist (TV series 2022) - Russian detective series from 2022.
Starring: A.Gorbatov A.Smolyakov M.Aleksandrova D.Ursulyak S.Gazarov K.Zaitsev A.Ustyugov V.Dobronravov A.Merzlikin
Production: White Media, Russia, 2022
Director: T.Alpatov
Scriptwriter: A.Oleynikov E.Kerov S.Minaev
Duration: 16 episodes of 45 minutes each
Plot series The Artist (TV series 2022):
During the war, Moscow and other large cities of the USSR were overwhelmed by a wave of crime. Taking advantage of the fact that the police were short of people, bandits terrorized the civilian population in cities far from the front.
But in mid-1944, someone in Moscow began shooting the leaders of the criminal world themselves. It was obvious that all these murders were the work of professionals, since the criminals left no traces behind. Even the cartridges were carefully collected.
At the crime scene, detectives found only portraits of the victims, drawn by hand by an unknown artist. That's how the MUR dubbed the gang "Dead Head" and its leader "The Artist".
It was obvious that the "Artist" himself and his protégés were not criminals or crooks, and this significantly complicated the investigation of the case. Especially in the conditions of a personnel shortage of experienced operatives.
But one day, the "Artist" and his henchmen screwed up. During an attack on an underground den, they were rebuffed and did not have time to collect the shells. The operatives easily identified the weapon using these shells. It was a silent machine gun, American-made.
So this case took a different turn and counterintelligence officers became involved.
Back in 1935, counterintelligence learned of the activities of a well-disguised German agent in the NKVD under the pseudonym "Wagner". It took a long time to identify the "mole", and now the operatives have caught a thin thread that connects "Wagner" with "The Artist"...