Rodina (TV series)

Rodina
Also known asHomeland
Родина
Genre
Based onPrisoners of War
by Gideon Raff
Developed by
Starring
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerTimur Weinstein
Production locations
Editors
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time48–68 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkRussia-1
ReleaseMarch 16 (2015-03-16) 
March 26, 2015 (2015-03-26)

"In adapting the most important thing - to find the salt, the essence of the story that touches the audience, how to convey emotion on screen. We need to do a story that is very close to the Russian audience."

Timur Weinstein

Rodina (Russian: Родина; Homeland) is a Russian political thriller television series developed by Pavel Lungin and Timur Weinstein, based on the Israeli series Hatufim, which was created by Gideon Raff. Rodina is a second adaptation of Hatufim, after the American version Homeland by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.

The series stars Viktoriya Isakova as Anna Zimina, a Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, and Vladimir Mashkov as Alexey Bragin, a Russian Marine Corps sniper. Anna comes to believe that Alexey, who was held captive by Chechen terrorists as a prisoner of war, was "turned" by the enemy and threatens the Russian Federation.

The series was broadcast in the Russian Federation on channel Russia-1, and produced by WeiT Media. The first episode aired on March 16, 2015, and the last on March 26, 2015. The series was a ratings hit, with the premiere the network's highest-rated show in two years.