Liquidation (miniseries)
| Liquidation | |
|---|---|
DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Sergei Ursuliak |
| Starring | Vladimir Mashkov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Sergei Makovetsky, Vladimir Menshov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Aleksandr Semchev, Fedor Dobronravov, Kseniya Rappoport, Lika Nifontova, Polina Agureeva. |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Misha Suslov |
| Running time | 644 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 2007 |
Liquidation (2007) (Russian: Ликвидация, Likvidatsiya) is a highly popular Russian television mini-series. The year is 1946. World War II is over, but the post-war city of Odessa is ruled by serial killer prison-escapees and former Nazi collaborators.
Fallen into disfavor, Soviet general Marshal Zhukov is sent to Odessa by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to handle the situation. Together with the head of the local criminal investigation unit, David Gottsman, Marshal Zhoukov begins a special operation post-war Odessa crime cleanup.