Totems - Season 1 - Episode 1
February 1965. A Soviet orbital bomb project threatens the global geopolitical balance. Francis Mareuil, an aerospace engineer, is contacted by the French secret services to recruit Boris Goloubev, the scientist who allowed this bomb to exist. In Moscow, the KGB organizes surveillance of Boris by forcing his daughter, Lyudmila, to spy on him.
About Totems

Title: Totems
First Air Date: 2022-02-18
Last Air Date: 2022-03-11
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: FR
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 8
Network: Prime Video
Genres: Drama, War & Politics
Production Companies: Gaumont Télévision
Synopsis
Set in 1965 in the midst of the Cold War, Totems follows a French scientist, Francis Mareuil, as he begins working as a spy. While working for the French Secret Service and the CIA, Mareuil meets Lyudmila Goloubeva, a pianist forced to work for the KGB. A romance blossoms between them but neither can be sure what is an expression of their true feelings, and what is the fruit of political shenanigans…
Cast

Niels Schneider
Francis Mareuil

Vera Kolesnikova
Lyudmila Goloubeva

José Garcia
Virgile Hiriart

Lambert Wilson
Charles Contignet

Ana Girardot
Anne Mareuil

Aleksey Guskov
Boris Goloubev

Mikhail Gorevoy
Dimitri Yemeline

Tim Ahern
Larry Goldstein

Daniela Hirsh
Hortense

Jules Dhios Francisco
Paul Mareuil