Totems

Overview

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…

Episodes

Episode 1

S01E01 Episode 1

February 18, 2022 52 min

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...

Episode 2

S01E02 Episode 2

February 18, 2022 52 min

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...

Episode 3

S01E03 Episode 3

February 18, 2022 52 min

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...

Episode 4

S01E04 Episode 4

February 25, 2022 52 min

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...

Episode 5

S01E05 Episode 5

February 25, 2022 52 min

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.

Episode 6

S01E06 Episode 6

March 4, 2022 52 min

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...

Episode 7

S01E07 Episode 7

March 4, 2022 52 min

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...

Episode 8

S01E08 Episode 8

March 11, 2022 52 min

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

Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Francis Mareuil

Vera Kolesnikova

Vera Kolesnikova

Lyudmila Goloubeva

José Garcia

José Garcia

Virgile Hiriart

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Charles Contignet

Ana Girardot

Ana Girardot

Anne Mareuil

Aleksey Guskov

Aleksey Guskov

Boris Goloubev

Mikhail Gorevoy

Mikhail Gorevoy

Dimitri Yemeline

Tim Ahern

Tim Ahern

Larry Goldstein

Daniela Hirsh

Daniela Hirsh

Hortense

Jules Dhios Francisco

Paul Mareuil

Surho Sugaipov

Surho Sugaipov

Yuri Melia

Eden Ducourant

Eden Ducourant

Martine

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