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Comrade Detective

  • TV Series
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • 40m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3.3K
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Florin Piersic Jr. and Corneliu Ulici in Comrade Detective (2017)
In the 1980s, millions of Romanians tuned in to Comrade Detective, a gritty and sleek buddy cop show that not only entertained its citizens but also promoted Communist ideals and inspired a deep nationalism. It has now been digitally remastered and dubbed into English for the first time by a cast featuring Channing Tatum, and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
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Parody comedy designed to resemble a non-existent gritty 1980's Cold War Romanian police show that promoted Communist ideals. The action-packed and blood-soaked first season finds Detectives... Read allParody comedy designed to resemble a non-existent gritty 1980's Cold War Romanian police show that promoted Communist ideals. The action-packed and blood-soaked first season finds Detectives Gregor Anghel and Joseph Baciu investigating the murder of fellow officer Nikita Ionescu ... Read allParody comedy designed to resemble a non-existent gritty 1980's Cold War Romanian police show that promoted Communist ideals. The action-packed and blood-soaked first season finds Detectives Gregor Anghel and Joseph Baciu investigating the murder of fellow officer Nikita Ionescu and, in the process, unraveling a subversive plot to destroy their country that is fueled ... Read all

  • Creators
    • Brian Gatewood
    • Alessandro Tanaka
  • Stars
    • Channing Tatum
    • Florin Piersic Jr.
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    3.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Brian Gatewood
      • Alessandro Tanaka
    • Stars
      • Channing Tatum
      • Florin Piersic Jr.
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • 57User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

    Episodes6

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    Comrade Detective: Cowboy Explosion
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    Comrade Detective: Casino Chase
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    Comrade Detective: Car Chase
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    Comrade Detective: Jordache
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    Comrade Detective: Bert
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    Channing Tatum
    Channing Tatum
    • Gregor Anghel
    Florin Piersic Jr.
    Florin Piersic Jr.
    • Gregor Anghel
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Iosif Baciu
    Corneliu Ulici
    • Iosif Baciu
    Jenny Slate
    Jenny Slate
    • Jane
    Olivia Nita
    Olivia Nita
    • Jane
    Jason Mantzoukas
    Jason Mantzoukas
    • Dragos
    Florin Galan
    • Dragos
    John DiMaggio
    John DiMaggio
    • Tipsy…
    Chloë Sevigny
    Chloë Sevigny
    • Sonya Baciu
    Diana Vladu
    • Sonya Baciu
    Nick Offerman
    Nick Offerman
    • Captain Covaci
    Adrian Paduraru
    • Captain Covaci
    Jake Johnson
    Jake Johnson
    • Stan
    Ion Grosu
    • Stan
    Tipsie Angelo
    • Tipsy
    Aly Ward Azevedo
    • Flavia Baciu
    Rianna Mitrol
    • Flavia Baciu
    • Creators
      • Brian Gatewood
      • Alessandro Tanaka
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    • Trivia
      The song "I Can't Wait"by Nu Shooz plays at the end of S01 E02 was released in 1986.
    • Goofs
      The conceit of the show is that it was a Romanian-produced TV series which was made in 1983, only re-dubbed into English. However, the show is better-produced in terms of filming quality and technique than even American TV was at the time, and is in the wrong aspect ratio. It is clearly a modern, 2010s production.
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Amazon Original Series (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      What I Like About You
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    User reviews57

    Featured review
    8/10

    Comrade Detective turned to be an ingenious show

    I was a little skeptic about the idea of dubbing the original actors, which by the way, they speak my native language, but turned out that they added a cool flavor by going this way and really hardened the idea of propaganda. Although, I ultimately see it as a comedy, this shows is an example of how television affects politics; communism propaganda with all its portraying in the show makes it clear. Nevertheless the same propaganda happened in capitalist US as well, for example there "Russian bad guy" in movies, and still happens today all over countries, but is more sublime, its mechanism has evolved.

    Overall is a good show to watch, ingenious and unique; give it a try, you will have a nice blend mashup when "digested".
    • VicDann
    • Aug 21, 2017
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    • Release date
      • August 4, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • Товариш детектив
    • Filming locations
      • Bucharest, Romania
    • Production companies
      • A24
      • Amazon Studios
      • Free Association
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    • Runtime
      40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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