Muhtar's return Возвращение Мухтара |
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Also known as | Mukhtar. The New Trace |
Genre | crime film, adventure film |
Created by | NTV |
Developed by | Kit Media |
Written by | Inna Zaporozhchenko Vyacheslav Schmidt |
Directed by | Alexander Polynnikov (season 1) Vladimir Zlatoustovsky (season 2 — present) |
Starring | see below |
Theme music composer | Yevgeny Muravyov |
Composer(s) | Kirill Volkov Alexander Kosenkov |
Country of origin | Russia |
Original language(s) | Russian |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 892 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Pavel Korchagin Felix Kleiman |
Location(s) |
Moscow (season 1) Kiev (seasons 2 — 9) Minsk (season 10 - present) |
Camera setup | Yury Britsov Sergei Koshel Vladimir Pastukh Alexander Klimenko |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) | Studia 2V |
Release | |
Original network |
RTR (2004) NTV (2004-present) |
Picture format | 16:9 (season 1, s8e73 — present) 4:3 (season 2 — s8e72) |
Audio format | Dolby AC3, 2 ch |
First shown in | 2004 |
Original release | January 12, 2004 | – present
Chronology | |
Related shows | Kommissar Rex |
External links | |
Official website | www |
Company website | www |
Mukhtar. The New Trace (Russian: Мухтар. Новый след, in 2004—2015 is Muhtar’s return, Russian: Возвращение Мухтара) is a Russian detective, crime, serial film, a film about the adventures of investigators, police officers, police and search dog. Production Company "Kit Media" on request of "Studio 2V". Series premiere was held on 12 January 2004 from the RTR, and August 31, 2004, the project was on the NTV.
The heroes of serial movie work in the police department (and since season 8 in the police) and investigate various crimes ranging from petty theft to serious disappearances, kidnappings and killings. The uniqueness of the team is that, together with operatives serves Mukhtar is a brave and loyal dog who helps to reveal the tangled affairs thanks to his unique scent and ingenuity.
Artists of Muhtar’s role, the main character in the TV series in the history of the project were 10 dogs.
The 1st Mukhtars were brothers named Vargun and Dunkan. They had substituted for each other on film. These Alsatian dogs were selected for a role in the result of the selection of the 150 dogs in and around Moscow.
The season 2 was filmed not in Moscow, and in Kiev, so had to find a new hero of local champions. It was a dog Zeiss, German shepherd breed. Zeiss had two doublers, the sons named Zeus and Best who performed the power tricks instead of the father.
When Zeiss died, he was replaced by his older brother, award-winning dog Wax von Vaysrusland Kirshental or Vasya. Despite the superficial similarity, the two dogs were different characters. Zeiss was serious, strong and calm dog. On the contrary, Vasya was cheerful and sociable. Actor Alexander Volkov loved Vasya so much that he decided to take a puppy from him.
At the end of the season 4 Muhtar was played by Yax Favor Haus Di Allertal or Kuzya.
In the season 5 Yax was replaced by Prime Prem Sambatus. But at the end of the season Yax Di Allertal returned to his former place, where he stayed for the 6th and 7th seasons.
Also in the season 7 there are a few series where Mukhtar’s role was played by dog named Prime Prem Sambatus, this is «Alien luggage» (Russian «Чужой багаж»), «Cherry tobacco» (Russian «Вишнёвый табак») and «Guitar» (Russian «Гитара») series.