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The Magic District

The Magic District

20239.12 Seasons16 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

Lyokha, a former police sniper with post-traumatic stress disorder, in the midst of an alcoholic binge learns about the fatal illness of his sister Katya. Katya does not want her daughter to be sent to an orphanage after death, and asks Lyokha to take up her head so that he becomes a guardian for an eight-year-old girl. Lyokha has already lost many close people in his life, so he does everything to help his sister: he picks up old connections and gets a job at the police station. The area turns out to be difficult. The criminals that Lyokha must catch are fairy-tale characters: the Serpent Gorynych, Baba Yaga and other evil spirits. And if the former sniper does not have problems with the capture of villains, then attempts to become a good guardian become a real test for Lyokha.

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Top Cast

Nikolay Naumov

Nikolay Naumov

Алексей Попов

Eva Smirnova

Eva Smirnova

Василиса Попова

Filipp Yankovsky

Filipp Yankovsky

Вадим Воронов

Tatyana Dogileva

Tatyana Dogileva

Баба Яга

Ilya Sobolev

Ilya Sobolev

Гном

Gosha Kutsenko

Gosha Kutsenko

Елизаров

Darya Melnikova

Darya Melnikova

Елена Федотова

Mariya Smolnikova

Mariya Smolnikova

Валентина Краснова

Aleksey Zolotovitskiy

Aleksey Zolotovitskiy

Олег Заяц

Andrey Dobrovolsky

Andrey Dobrovolsky

Николай Боков

About The Magic District

The Magic District is a sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, mystery series that first aired in 2023. it stars Nikolay Naumov, Eva Smirnova, Filipp Yankovsky. Lyokha, a former police sniper with post-traumatic stress disorder, in the midst of an alcoholic binge learns about the fatal illness of his sister Katya. Katya does not want her daughter to be sent to an orphanage after death, and asks Lyokha to take up her head so that he becomes a guardian for an eight-year-old girl. Lyokha has already lost many close people in his life, so he does everything to help his sister: he picks up old connections and gets a job at the police station. The area turns out to be difficult. The criminals that Lyokha must catch are fairy-tale characters: the Serpent Gorynych, Baba Yaga and other evil spirits. And if the former sniper does not have problems with the capture of villains, then attempts to become a good guardian become a real test for Lyokha.

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