Honestly, I stumbled by accident on this series. As someone with an interest in watching movies and series about World War 2 (WW2), my attention got caught by someone mentioning this series. After doing some more research, I indeed found out that it relates to WW2. But what impressed me more, was the overall very positive comments of people that watched this series. So this made me start my journey to find this series...
Since I couldn't really find it back on any of the streaming services that I am subscribed to, I ordered the DVD version. As a movie buff, it is still worthwile to keep a DVD and even VHS player around. You just never know when you will need it...
When I started watching this series, it immediately caught my interest. And I must admit that it caught my attention big time! The storyline is just so awesome! A combination of (mainly) 1950's post war Siberia and (some extensive) flashbacks to the end of WW2 (april 1945), made this a very attractive watch. I was literally on the edge of my seat because of the suspense! It really is one of the best "whodunnit" series that I have ever seen! And the story just gets better and better with each episode.
And who would have expected this from a Russian production. And let us be honest here. Because if you look at the list of 250 (or even 1,000) movies or shows, it isn't really that you see much content from Russia. Yes, I must admit that there are some good movies over the last years. But I would have never thought that before watching "Dead Mountain", I would end up giving it a 9-star IMDb rating! Because yes, that is how high I rate this series. And honestly said, it is seldom that I give such a high rating.
The actors did an excellent job and the scenery is awesome. And the parts that concern WW2 looked very authentic to me. I also liked the fact that each even-numbered episode was looking back in time, whereby you view all events in black-and-white. And if you are not a fan of black-and-white, I suggest you still give it a try. Because the creators of this shows gave a nice nostaligic touch to these black-and-white episodes. And some parts of the music they used, made me even think of the tune use in "The Godfather".
Concluding, I give this series a score of 8.7/10, thereby making it - as already mentioned - a 9-star IMDb rating. This series really deserves to be way better known: in my opinion it deserves a top spot on one of the main streaming services whereby people are recommended to give it a try.
Since I couldn't really find it back on any of the streaming services that I am subscribed to, I ordered the DVD version. As a movie buff, it is still worthwile to keep a DVD and even VHS player around. You just never know when you will need it...
When I started watching this series, it immediately caught my interest. And I must admit that it caught my attention big time! The storyline is just so awesome! A combination of (mainly) 1950's post war Siberia and (some extensive) flashbacks to the end of WW2 (april 1945), made this a very attractive watch. I was literally on the edge of my seat because of the suspense! It really is one of the best "whodunnit" series that I have ever seen! And the story just gets better and better with each episode.
And who would have expected this from a Russian production. And let us be honest here. Because if you look at the list of 250 (or even 1,000) movies or shows, it isn't really that you see much content from Russia. Yes, I must admit that there are some good movies over the last years. But I would have never thought that before watching "Dead Mountain", I would end up giving it a 9-star IMDb rating! Because yes, that is how high I rate this series. And honestly said, it is seldom that I give such a high rating.
The actors did an excellent job and the scenery is awesome. And the parts that concern WW2 looked very authentic to me. I also liked the fact that each even-numbered episode was looking back in time, whereby you view all events in black-and-white. And if you are not a fan of black-and-white, I suggest you still give it a try. Because the creators of this shows gave a nice nostaligic touch to these black-and-white episodes. And some parts of the music they used, made me even think of the tune use in "The Godfather".
Concluding, I give this series a score of 8.7/10, thereby making it - as already mentioned - a 9-star IMDb rating. This series really deserves to be way better known: in my opinion it deserves a top spot on one of the main streaming services whereby people are recommended to give it a try.