U.E. (TV series)
U.E. (Russian: У.Е.) is a 2006 Russian thriller/detective TV-miniseries. Total episodes released - 8.
| U.E. | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Eduard Topol |
| Directed by | Aleksandr Atanesyan |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 336 min (total) |
| Release | |
| Original release | Angel Production Company, NTV 2006 – 2006 |
U.E. (Russian: У.Е.) means conventional unit in English or условная единица in Russian. It is a euphemism for US Dollar (USD) (1 U.E. = 1 USD) and was used in the Soviet era and 1990s in Russia when Russia's economy, currency etc. were in turmoil and Russian shopkeepers etc. did not want to overtly be seen pricing products in USD
Filming locations: Los Angeles, California, New York City, New York, USA; Moscow, Russia.
Plot summary
FSB colonel Chernov was investigating a money laundering crimes for a long time. Sent to a retirement pension, his sharpened sense of justice keep him from assured rest when Chernov suddenly founds that on a recently deceased businessman's account a millions of dollars are settling. Chernov decides to return them to Russia. But many more people dream to possess on that money...
Cast
- Aleksandr Atanesyan as Kharunov
- Dorie Gray as Samantha
- Irina Grineva as Solov'eva
- Andrey Krasko as Colonel Chernov
- Vladimir Menshov as General Palmetov
- Dyana Ortelli as Selma
- Laura Rohrman as Kimberly Sparks
- Jakob Sarkissian as Vania (Polina's son)
- Marcus Tingle as Glen
- Evgeniya Trofimova as Polina
- Andrei Zibrov as Bannikov