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Soviet Jeans
Episode 1
Season 1
Episode 1
Renars, a theatre tailor by day and a black-market trader by night, crosses paths with Tina, a talented Finnish director, sparking romance. Meanwhile, Maris, a KGB agent who blackmails Renars, also becomes infatuated with Tina.
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58:51
Renars is seen as a traitor. Maris offers him freedom--if he joins the Soviet cause.
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52:08
Maris ignores Tatyana’s plea to stop the probe and intensifies pressure.
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56:32
Renars loses support. Maris recruits new help to expose the gang.
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51:13
Renars throws a party to win back trust as Maris closes in.
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52:53
A missing pair of jeans sparks an internal probe.
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56:06
Renars and Tina strike a deal to make fake jeans in the hospital.
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56:21
Renars wakes in a mental hospital, deemed a threat to society.