Matroesjka's: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Each year hundreds of women are taken from their homes and forced into a life of prostitution and sexual slavery. This is the story of ten of them. A Belgian criminal gang head east to Lithuania to recruit young women desperate to leave their impoverished lives. Promising a glamorous life as members of a stage dance troupe, the girls are eager to sign up. From the training in Cyprus, to the strip clubs and illegal brothers in Belgium, the girls from the start are forced into a life of rape, abuse, murder and misery. The police are slow and corrupt, and the gangsters are always one step ahead of the law.

Series details

• Title: Matroesjka's
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2005-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-01-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: VTM
• Network country: Belgium
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3325

Cast and credited roles

• Peter Van den Begin — Ray Van Mechelen
• Axel Daeseleire — Jan Verplancke
• Luk Wyns — Eddy Stoefs
• Veerle De Jonghe — Esther Van de Walle
• Manou Kersting — Danny Bols
• Tom Van Dyck — Vincent Dockx
• Stany Crets — Clem De Donder
• Hilde Heijnen — Laura Keyser
• Marc van Eeghem — Marc Camps
• Wim Opbrouck — Mike Simons
• Lucas Van den Eynde — Nico Maes
• Dirk Van Dijck — Bob Sels

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-01-05; final listed air date 2005-03-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-03-01; final listed air date 2007-01-14; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Matroesjka's 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.