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The Waiting Room

7.719981 seasonTV SeriesFamily

A 'runaway' homeless man, once a renowned athlete, finds himself marooned in the small, snow-covered town of Zarechensk. Victor lands a job at an orphanage, where he soon meets a young teacher who becomes both a compassionate friend and…

DirectorDmitriy Astrakhan
WriterOleg Danilov
ProducersVasily Karlovsky·Konstantin Ernst

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
Episode 1
Mar 16, 1998 8.0
E2
Episode 2
Mar 16, 1998 8.0
E3
Episode 3
Mar 17, 1998 8.0
E4
Episode 4
Mar 18, 1998 8.0
E5
Episode 5
Mar 19, 1998 8.0
E6
Episode 6
Mar 20, 1998 8.0
E7
Episode 7
Mar 23, 1998
E8
Episode 8
Mar 24, 1998
E9
Episode 9
Mar 25, 1998
E10
Episode 10
Mar 26, 1998

Cast · Directed by Dmitriy Astrakhan

MBMikhail Boyarskiy
Mikhail Boyarskiy
Seleznyov Viktor Nikolaevich
VGVera Glagoleva
Vera Glagoleva
Semyonova Mariya Sergeevna
OPOlga Ponizova
Olga Ponizova
Sokolova Irina Semyonovna
VTVyacheslav Tikhonov
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Zaitsev Mikhail Borisovich
MUMikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Fyodorov Semyon Petrovich
NUNina Usatova
Nina Usatova
Konovalova Galina Vasilyevna
NENikolay Eryomenko
Nikolay Eryomenko
Skvortsov - polkovnik militsii
ASAndrey Sokolov
Andrey Sokolov
Karetnikov Vladimir
IKIgor Kostolevskiy
Igor Kostolevskiy
Zimin Aleksandr - bankir
GSGennadi Svir
Gennadi Svir
Seva Samoshin - leitenant militsii
OSOlga Sutulova
Olga Sutulova
Sveta Ponomaryova
ISInnokentiy Sichkar
Innokentiy Sichkar
Vova Kapitonov - «Kapitosha»

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The Waiting Room has 1 season in total (10 episodes). The series concluded in 1998.

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