This is not a mega-budget Hollywood production but the overall product is very good and well worth watching particularly if you are interested in Soviet history and WWII. The acting is very good from the main characters to the supporting cast. The two female leads represent the two ways Soviet citizens reacted to the society and the system around them: idealistic patriotic fervor and deep investment in the ideology on the one hand, versus cynical self-interested survivalism on the other. Though the various members of the Soviet clandestine operations team often clash with each other, they all have believable motivations and the characters demonstrate how they are changed by their experiences. Russian sensibilities might not tolerate a realistic depiction of the brutal excesses of the NKVD, and none of the main characters embody the depraved inhumanity of a Yezhov or a Beria - but there is acknowledgement that the Soviet system the characters inhabit is capable of savage injustices against its own people. The characters regard this in much the same way we regard the weather: a reality that we must acknowledge and try to cope with as best we can. The series also pays acknowledgement to the ambiguous and conflicted relationships between the people of "liberated" states like Poland and their new Soviet masters. The series takes some liberties with historical accuracy - like the ease with which the operatives cross and re-cross enemy lines and the relative rarity of their deaths - but nothing about the production shatters the necessary suspension of disbelief and it does succeed in creating a plausible versimilitude toward the world it depicts. There are enough surprising plot twists, new threats, and ongoing suspense to keep up the viewer's interest; as the series progressed I found myself caring what happened to these characters.
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The version I watched had the original Russian audio track with English subtitles - which is my strong preference for watching movies originally made in other languages.