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Archangel

Archangel

Stalin ruled with an iron fist... but his death was only the beginning.

20056.21 Season2 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.

Created by Robert Harris
Written by Robert Harris
Produced by Christopher Hall
NetworksBBC One

Top Cast

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

Prof. Fluke Kelso

Yekaterina Rednikova

Yekaterina Rednikova

Zinaida Rapava

Gabriel Macht

Gabriel Macht

R. J. O'Brian

Konstantin Lavronenko

Konstantin Lavronenko

Josef

A

Alexey Diakov

Suvorin

Harry Ditson

Harry Ditson

Frank Adelman

A

Anna Gerasimova

Anna

Avtandil Makharadze

Avtandil Makharadze

Josef Stalin

Claudia Harrison

Claudia Harrison

Louise

Tanya Moodie

Tanya Moodie

Velma

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookfamily secretsalternate historymoscow, russiastalinismstate crimesinvestigative journalist

About Archangel

Archangel is a drama, action & adventure series that first aired in 2005 exploring themes of based on novel or book, family secrets, alternate history, moscow, russia, stalinism, state crimes. Created by Robert Harris, it stars Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht. Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.

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