Умник: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Popular writer Roman Strakhov has to submit his latest masterpiece to the publisher in two weeks. But, as luck would have it, he suffers from a creative crisis. Strakhov goes to the Investigative Committee for inspiration. In order to study the material, the writer has to share his heroic everyday life with the employees of the investigative department. The strict and very nice investigator Zhenya Ogareva becomes the main character not only of Strakhov's stories, but of his whole life. Zhenya inspires the writer for a new novel. Both literally and figuratively...

Series details

• Title: Умник
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2014-04-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-04-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Дом кино
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 84179
• IMDb ID: tt3762118
• TVDB ID: 373626

Cast and credited roles

• Александр Гордон — Роман Андреевич Страхов
• Екатерина Вуличенко — Женя Огарёва

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-16; final listed air date 2014-04-29; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Умник on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.