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Better Than Us

Better Than Us

20187.41 Season16 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Moscow in a not so distant future where human beings share their daily lives with robots. Georgy, a forensic who has a robot assistant, suddenly finds himself caught up in the first murder committed by a new kind of experimental humanoid.

Created by Alexander Dagan
Written by Alexander Dagan, Alexandr Kessel
NetworksChannel One

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Top Cast

Paulina Andreeva

Paulina Andreeva

Arisa

Kirill Käro

Kirill Käro

Georgy Safronov

Olga Lomonosova

Olga Lomonosova

Alla Safronova

Vitaliya Kornienko

Vitaliya Kornienko

Sonya Safronova

Eldar Kalimulin

Eldar Kalimulin

Egor Safronov

Vera Kincheva

Vera Kincheva

Zhanna Barseneva

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Bars

Irina Tarannik

Irina Tarannik

Svetlana Toropova

Arseniy Sidorov

Arseniy Sidorov

Boris Toropov

Fyodor Lavrov

Fyodor Lavrov

Gleb

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Themes & Keywords

robotmachinewarhumanscience fiction

About Better Than Us

Better Than Us is a sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of robot, machine, war, human, science fiction. Created by Alexander Dagan, it stars Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Käro, Olga Lomonosova. Moscow in a not so distant future where human beings share their daily lives with robots. Georgy, a forensic who has a robot assistant, suddenly finds himself caught up in the first murder committed by a new kind of experimental humanoid.

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