Russen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Russen (Russians) is a Dutch police series of KRO which was first broadcast in 2000. In 2004, after the fifth season, there were a total of 42 episodes of the series made. Russians was an idea of Frank Jansen by him in collaboration with Addy Weijers developed. The episodes of Russians were written by a team of writers that included Dick van den Heuvel, Simon de Waal, Stan Lapinski and Addy Weijers. Several directors names episodes on their behalf, but the majority of the episodes was made by Pollo de Pimentel and Anne van der Linden. Even directors like Danniel Danniel, Casper Verbrugge, Gerrard Verhage, Arno Dierckx and Pieter Walther Boer names episodes on their behalf. Director of Photography Mark de Blok NSC. The music is by John High Point.

The Russians name is slang for detectives, whose main focus in the series continues. Solving crimes and catching criminals is less front; it is mainly about the detectives and the dilemmas the personality with which they are confronted.

Series details

• Title: Russen
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2000-09-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2004-10-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NPO 1
• Network country: Netherlands
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11768
• IMDb ID: tt0247131
• TVDB ID: 253435

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-09-15; final listed air date 2000-11-17; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-09-07; final listed air date 2001-10-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-09-06; final listed air date 2002-10-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-09-05; final listed air date 2003-10-24; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-09-05; final listed air date 2004-10-24; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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