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The most famous TV series in the world, based on a rather sorrowful page from the history of the USSR is without a doubt "Chernobyl". But now a new series has emerged - «Dead mountain. The Dyatlov Pass Incident» - that is also based on real and rather terrible events dated back to the USSR , and I'm wondering if it will become an international sensation?

The series is built around a widely known tragedy that happened in the Ural mountains in 1959. A group of tourists set off on a ski hike but at the appointed time hadn't reached its destination point. Several days later criminalists were sent out to look for the tourists and only by May all 9 bodies were found. The skiers died under mysterious circumstances. Tremendous amount of versions were built around this tragedy, but the incident still remains unsolved - even 60 years after the event. Can the series shed light on that ill-fated night?

The main protagonist is the KGB major Oleg Kostin. He is sent from Moscow to either establish the truth or to cover it up. Kostin is a former veteran of WWII, and in his military past there is a certain ominous encounter that the authors do not put on the table immediately.

The series was shot in the style of "Soviet Noir": an atmospheric retro vibe shot on film. Despite the rapidly changing events, the mood is quite unhurried. It doesn't give you a feeling of senseless action sequence, «Dead Mountain» gives a viewer an opportunity to think and get absorbed by the event. Camera work is truly outstanding - gloriously shot mountain scenery, remarkable camera angles, unusual jumps and moves.

«Dead mountain» is for those who love TV series based on real events, who like to time travel into the past in search for answers. It is both stylish and captivating.

Oh my God was this a beautiful surprise!

I honestly loved every minute of it & I'm still in a kind of haze.. and worn out.

Storytelling - pace.. just ace! And so beautifully executed.

The camera was insane. It had a graphic novel feel, some stills could be paintings... during a war flashback i thought i was in a flight simulator.. The set design was divine.

The music/sound department: the exact right amount of everything in the right color.

The actors: each character was perfectly casted. I don't know how they managed to make it so ...wholesome.

The whole composition was quite rich, never rushed though. Never been to russia - it really made me feel as if i was there at times.

You can just feel it. The horror of it all, war, humanity, this terrible incident... despair, the cold. I have to admit i was tearing up.

Also one has to note how they choose to include much of the "known evidence". The carvings in the trees along the way they hiked... the autopsies... I am not sure how much they deviated from the atmosphere depicted in their diaries though.

I could gush and gush - maybe because i was so deprived of good stuff the past 1,5 years... but check it out for yourself.

If you're not glued to the screen by the 2nd, 3rd episode, then there is probably really nothing for you to get out of.

I am wondering what the budget was?

To me, this was the best tv-present since The Terror.

This is a true event which has fascinated me for years as it's so bizarre. This series encompasses a lot of the various theories as to how these hikers died. There are some supernatural elements thrown in as well. What I loved about this series was the production values. Because this event occurred in 1959 in the Ural Mountains, everything appears to be authentic to the period. The flash backs to fighting the Nazi's were also fantastic & would have made a great series in itself. The acting is great. A hidden gem.

Told in flashbacks, the series unfolds an intriguing narrative that poses interesting existential questions and dissects such canonized Russian subjects as WWII very boldly. It's also an effective, albeit slow-burning horror story, gorgeously filmed, intelligenty written and well acted. If you like eerie mountains, Soviet nostalgia and Nazi mysticism (stupenduous Wewelsburg castle!) , go for it.

What a surprise to found this gem ! How come I never heard of this serie? I've seen so many foreign series, I would say this was one of the best Russian series (based on true stories) I've ever seen ! Acting was phenomenal ! Lead actor was good looking too ! All cast performances were great! Very eerie, haunting, mystery, drama, history, war, thriller all combines into what makes this series a great one to binge !

Excellent show! Hollywood take note on how to tell a story. Soviet era thriller with a bit of Supernatural-Horror-UFO to boot. Very well done with the takes from WW2 to 1959. Watch it.

Fantastic cinematography, great casting line-up, gorgeous creative direction, drama, and scenario. A breakthrough masterpiece for contemporary Russian cinema.

No one knows for sure what actually happened to the trekkers but the most plausible and likely theories are the ones that are dramatised here and presented as the conclusion in the final episode.

The series cleverly uses two styles to tell its story. The hike is shot in black and white and the subsequent investigation is filmed in colour. Flashbacks and backgrounds of the characters are also shot in colour.

The back stories of the older characters mainly concern the war and are completely fictionalised to impart a sense of creepy horror to the series. The indigenous people, the Mansi, are also portrayed as shamanistic communers with nature whose superstitions mesh with the account but are not the cause of the tragedy.

There are hints and suggestions of darker political and military forces at work - this is now in the public domain - which unfortunately led to a rash of conspiracy theories. However, the conclusion reached by the initial and the subsequent investigations seems to be sound and that's the line taken by this programme.

There is enough information made public for the programme makers to have been able to reconstruct most of the hike and the investigation. The conversations are fictional, of course, and the reconstruction of the final hours has, of necessity, to be speculative.

It's a worthy series to watch. The director managed to convey the flavour of the Communist times with élan and accuracy. I didn't quite binge watch, but I had seen all eight episodes within three days. I'm glad I saw this.

First of all it's worth mentioning that it's a story based on real events, however the ending of the story is speculative, so the authors try to fit all possible versions of what happened to the group into a working narrative. The filmmakers did a twist with this show, the story is told in two parts happening simultaneously, so you have half of the episodes as a criminal investigation show and the other half as an adventure/thriller. The thriller part is presented in black and white simulating the style of the old soviet Cinema, while the investigation/crime part is coloured. The acting is decent, it reflects the era very well and there are a lot of unexpected plot twits on the way, overall not a bad show at all ...

A real gem, well scripted, well directed, outstanding acting, outstanding camera work. Delivering many subtle and some not so subtle story metaphors on life, love, loss and the horrors of war all while putting a human face to one of the twentieth centuries most captivating mysteries. A gripping series with the drama and mystery intensifying episode by episode as the characters are revealed in a master class of cinema. Be warned, once you start watching this it's very hard to stop as the suspense builds and builds. A good period piece is no easy task to get right but this was faultless, every tiny detail seemingly meticulously thought through, well worth your time.

I had some slight familiarity with the event upon which this show was based. So, for that reason, I was drawn to check it out. But, you need not have any familiarity with the history or the myriad theories about what happened to greatly enjoy this production.

It's got something for everyone. Good production, good score, good acting, physical drama and romance (adult and young adult) People to root for. Even though you will know the outcome all the way through they still manage to build a sense of anticipation.

If they ever dub this I hope they give it the A+ effort. Otherwise, it's better left as is.

Definitely recommend this tv show to all fans of drama and untold stories. The story keeps intriguing through all episodes and the narrative of splitting the story into two separate and well linked together is defintly worth spending some of hours of watch.

Well, we watched the first few episode and we had to gave up. How will they make eight episodes of this? I am telling you: They are watering this down so much it is silly.

Plus they really have a trouble when first episode they introduce a mystery German castle from 20 years previous? Why not stay on the track with one story line?

There probably ain't a single person, at least not of my age, who wouldn't have heard about this chilling event. 60 years ago, 8 guys and 2 girls - almost all students - went on a ski hike in Ural, but none of 9 who made it to the mountain called by the locals - the Dead Mountain -never made it to the final point. They all disappeared.

Months later their bodies were found, some of them had terrible injuries. They had their eyes and tongues torn out, their ribs were smashed, skulls - fractured. Who or what killed them is still an unsolved mystery... "Dead mountain" promises us to crack the puzzle.

Almost every character of the series has a prototype - a real person from that time. Even the First Russian President Boris Yeltsin gets a cameo - or more like an Easter egg appearance in ep.2. What is more, almost at the same time with them, he could also have gone on that ill-fated expedition but fortunately they ran out of places in the group. However, there are also two fictional characters (with a very touching love story) - KGB major, Kostin and pathologist, Katya.

Kostin examines the area while Katya examins the bodies. Kostin puts forward theories, and Katya is drawing his attention to the details that could lead us to the solution of the century's biggest mystery.

I quite enjoyed the series, and I will definitely watch it over to pay more attention to some important and intriguing details. So don't miss it! Watch and try to speculate about «Dead Mountain» events.

It's so closed to the investigation materials. Actors are great here. The best movie about Dyatlov Pass Incident

Honestly, I stumbled by accident on this series. As someone with an interest in watching movies and series about World War 2 (WW2), my attention got caught by someone mentioning this series. After doing some more research, I indeed found out that it relates to WW2. But what impressed me more, was the overall very positive comments of people that watched this series. So this made me start my journey to find this series...

Since I couldn't really find it back on any of the streaming services that I am subscribed to, I ordered the DVD version. As a movie buff, it is still worthwile to keep a DVD and even VHS player around. You just never know when you will need it...

When I started watching this series, it immediately caught my interest. And I must admit that it caught my attention big time! The storyline is just so awesome! A combination of (mainly) 1950's post war Siberia and (some extensive) flashbacks to the end of WW2 (april 1945), made this a very attractive watch. I was literally on the edge of my seat because of the suspense! It really is one of the best "whodunnit" series that I have ever seen! And the story just gets better and better with each episode.

And who would have expected this from a Russian production. And let us be honest here. Because if you look at the list of 250 (or even 1,000) movies or shows, it isn't really that you see much content from Russia. Yes, I must admit that there are some good movies over the last years. But I would have never thought that before watching "Dead Mountain", I would end up giving it a 9-star IMDb rating! Because yes, that is how high I rate this series. And honestly said, it is seldom that I give such a high rating.

The actors did an excellent job and the scenery is awesome. And the parts that concern WW2 looked very authentic to me. I also liked the fact that each even-numbered episode was looking back in time, whereby you view all events in black-and-white. And if you are not a fan of black-and-white, I suggest you still give it a try. Because the creators of this shows gave a nice nostaligic touch to these black-and-white episodes. And some parts of the music they used, made me even think of the tune use in "The Godfather".

Concluding, I give this series a score of 8.7/10, thereby making it - as already mentioned - a 9-star IMDb rating. This series really deserves to be way better known: in my opinion it deserves a top spot on one of the main streaming services whereby people are recommended to give it a try.

Of course, I know this real story about death of tourists' group. It has a lot of questions and blind spots. Different people has different versions of what happened. This film has shown all versions. The plot is great, also I like the way of storytelling: 2 storylines - students and investigator. Secondly, the casr is great. So, it's amazing serial about this tradegy.

I suggest you watch it. Very different from what we have been fed for decades by the already declined Hollywood and most of European cinema. Nice, smooth plot, but the film direction is the masterpiece.

On every level and in every way, this is a superb production. For the first three episodes. Then a serious decline on all levels, sometimes bordering on the ridiculous: dialogues, circumstances, story line. And the romance is just silly filler.

If your familiar with this story you know there's lots of conspiracy theories surrounding the tragedy that befell these hikers. This show touches on every one of them and a few I wasn't aware of. It blends folklore mythology, nazi experiments, UFO invaders, and the KGB as potential suspects without ever crossing the line to silly tropes or unbelievable explanations. It is shot beautifully. The snow scenes and mountain shots are amazing, and they give a great perspective of what these hikers were up against. It is shot in black and white and in color which lends a gritty, realistic vibe. The ending was very satisfying too. This show was focused throughout the eight episodes and never wavered from telling the most logical truth. Very well done!!

I don't normally write reviews but this is very good acting, writing and the imagery is fantastic; between this and Sputnik it looks like maybe russian horror will be a thing in the future, here's to more.

By now this is the BEST cinematographic depiction of the events. Very good.

I am proud of Russia because they have made a perfect plot and vintage shooting