Totems

Overview

Set in 1965 in the midst of the Cold War, Totems follows a French scientist, Francis Mareuil, as he begins working as a spy. While working for the French Secret Service and the CIA, Mareuil meets Lyudmila Goloubeva, a pianist forced to work for the KGB. A romance blossoms between them but neither can be sure what is an expression of their true feelings, and what is the fruit of political shenanigans.

Created by Olivier Dujols, Juliette Soubrier

Network

• Prime Video

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

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  Niels Schneider

  Francis Mareuil

  8 eps

• 

  Vera Kolesnikova

  Lyudmila Goloubeva

  8 eps

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  José Garcia

  Virgile Hiriart

  8 eps

• 

  Lambert Wilson

  Charles Contignet

  8 eps

Themes

• cold war
• espionage
• russian spy

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