Totems
series currently in production
Returning Series
Drama
War & Politics
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 8
avg.Runtime | 52 min
First EP | 2022-02-18
Last EP | 2022-03-11
Overview
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Amazon Prime Video
Set in 1965 in the midst of the Cold War, Totems follows a French scientist, Francis Mareuil, as he begins working as a spy. While working for the French Secret Service and the CIA, Mareuil meets Lyudmila Goloubeva, a pianist forced to work for the KGB. A romance blossoms between them but neither can be sure what is an expression of their true feelings, and what is the fruit of political shenanigans…
Created by
Produced by
Gaumont Télévision
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2022-02-18
1
Episode 1
2022-02-18
February 1965. A Soviet orbital bomb project threatens the global geopolitical balance. Francis Mareuil, an aerospace engineer, is contacted by the French secret services to recruit Boris Goloubev, the scientist who allowed this bomb to exist. In Moscow, the KGB organizes surveillance of Boris by forcing his daughter, Lyudmila, to spy on him.
2
Episode 2
2022-02-18
In East Berlin, Francis discovers that Boris is under the permanent surveillance of the Stasi, the East German secret service. He approaches Lyudmila, convinced that she will be able to give him access to his father, but unaware of his links with the KGB.
3
Episode 3
2022-02-18
Boris Goloubev directs the launch of a space probe that turns into a fiasco and crashes in the Algerian desert. Opposed to the Soviet army on the management of this crisis, he finds himself under house arrest. For his part, Francis is looking for a way to save Lyudmila by moving her to the West, even if it means taking big risks.
4
Episode 4
2022-02-25
Lyudmila is back in Czechoslovakia with her wounded father, and in danger: the KGB is tracking her down. Francis tries to understand what Boris found in the probe and retreats further and further away from his family.
5
Episode 5
2022-02-25
Lyudmila is alone and stuck in Czechoslovakia. Francis reconciles with his wife and takes part in a mission co-speared by the SDECE and the CIA, with a common goal: to contact Boris.
6
Episode 6
2022-03-04
While investigating Charles Contignet, Anne makes a troubling discovery. Hunted by the KGB, Lyudmila hides with a Czech family. There is only one way out for her: to contact Francis and ask him to come save her.
7
Episode 7
2022-03-04
In Czechoslovakia, Francis jumps through hoops to find Lyudmila. As they try to get back West, Yemelin and his henchmen chase them down. Anne finds a top-secret document and is now in danger. She must flee.
8
Episode 8
2022-03-11
As the orbital bomb is about to crash, Francis, Lyudmila and Anne risk capture and death. Yemelin, through powerful allies in France, will do anything to get the numbers back, as well as the list.
CAST
charactor: Francis Mareuil
Original: Niels Schneider
Total EP: 8
charactor: Lyudmila Goloubeva
Original: Vera Kolesnikova
Total EP: 8
charactor: Virgile Hiriart
Original: José Garcia
Total EP: 8
charactor: Charles Contignet
Original: Lambert Wilson
Total EP: 8
charactor: Anne Mareuil
Original: Ana Girardot
Total EP: 8
charactor: Boris Goloubev
Original: Aleksey Guskov
Total EP: 8
charactor: Dimitri Yemeline
Original: Mikhail Gorevoy
Total EP: 8
charactor: Larry Goldstein
Original: Tim Ahern
Total EP: 8
charactor: Hortense
Original: Daniela Hirsh
Total EP: 8
charactor: Paul Mareuil
Original: Jules Dhios Francisco
Total EP: 8
charactor: Yuri Melia
Original: Surho Sugaipov
Total EP: 8
charactor: Martine
Original: Eden Ducourant
Total EP: 8
charactor: Marie Contignet
Original: Carolina Jurczak
Total EP: 8
charactor: Pierre
Original: François Girard
Total EP: 8
charactor: Ivo
Original: Petr Hanak
Total EP: 8
charactor: Col. Loridon
Original: Antonin Maurel
Total EP: 8
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