"Matroesjka's" (2005) TV series

Creators:

Guy Goossens
Mark Punt

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 January 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Just dancing, they said.

Plot Keywords:

Sex Club | Brothel | Prostitution | Eastern Europe | Human Exploitation

Cast

Peter Van den Begin	...	Raymond Van Mechelen (10 episodes, 2005)
Axel Daeseleire	...	Jan Verplancke (10 episodes, 2005)
Evgeniya Khirivskaya	...	Kalinka (10 episodes, 2005)
Tom Van Dyck	...	Vincent Dockx (10 episodes, 2005)
Zemyna Asmontaite	...	Daria (10 episodes, 2005)
Manou Kersting	...	Danny Bols (10 episodes, 2005)
Indre Jaraite	...	Inesa (10 episodes, 2005)
Luk Wyns	...	Eddy Stoefs (9 episodes, 2005)
Veerle De Jonghe	...	Esther Van De Walle (9 episodes, 2005)
Ailika Kremer	...	Eva (8 episodes, 2005)
Mark Van Eeghem	...	Marc Camps (8 episodes, 2005)
Lyubov Tolkalina	...	Olga (8 episodes, 2005)
Frank Aendenboom	...	John Dockx (8 episodes, 2005)
Lucas van den Eijnde	...	Nico Maes (6 episodes, 2005)
Stany Crets	...	Clem De Donder (6 episodes, 2005)
Hilde Heijnen	...	Laura Keyser (6 episodes, 2005)
Natalya Reva	...	Inga (6 episodes, 2005)
Sveta Abolenkina		(5 episodes, 2005)
Zorina Tanasova	...	Irina (5 episodes, 2005)
Saar Vandendriessche	...	Sita (5 episodes, 2005)

Also Known As:

Matrioshki (International: English title)
Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (Australia)

Runtime:

Belgium:50 min (10 episodes)

Country:

Belgium

Language:

Dutch | Flemish | English | Lithuanian | Russian

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Belgium:KT | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

Independent Productions

Trivia:

The Belgian makers couldn't understand the language the girls were speaking, so they had to hire some translators to verify if the girls were following the script.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Matroesjka's 2" (2008)

1st Episode just aired on Australian TV, SBS.

Wow!! The first Belgium TV series I've seen & i'm already impressed by the 1st episode. The production standards were indeed high. And the subject matter...Wheewe! Heavy stuff. Now that is what television should do, educate, while entertain (for want of a better word). We always read about the European slave trade with girls vanishing from Eastern European countries & I've seen a few documentaries on the subject, but to see it scripted as a drama is altogether another thing. I must express my ignorance in that i didn't realise that criminals from Belgium were involved, I thought it was mainly a Russian mafia thing.

Very impressed & I'm glad we have a station like SBS that show intelligent programs like this from around the world. I definitely will track down the DVD & lend to friends too lazy to watch it late on Friday nights.

The Danish crime show, Rejseholdet is also screening & is also of high standard. The stories are more realistic & don't necessarily end upbeat like the US shows. More meat & potatoes than fairy floss.

Do these kind of programs ever show on US television?

Fantastic, I just had to vent my approval somewhere... Ha!