House with Lilies

Original title: Dom s liliyami

TV Series
2013–
52m

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This is a saga of a war hero, Michail Govorov, and his big family. The film will follow several generations of people from World War 2 into modern days. Thanks to being in the Communist Part... Read allThis is a saga of a war hero, Michail Govorov, and his big family. The film will follow several generations of people from World War 2 into modern days. Thanks to being in the Communist Party's good graces, Michail is assigned to take the Regional Party Leader position. He accept... Read allThis is a saga of a war hero, Michail Govorov, and his big family. The film will follow several generations of people from World War 2 into modern days. Thanks to being in the Communist Party's good graces, Michail is assigned to take the Regional Party Leader position. He accepts the offer and moves his family to a nice house outside of town. An atheist and a pragmat... Read all

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6.4/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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8/10

The House With the Lilies

Simple in appearance, this is quite an engaging Russian soap saga about an orphan in the post-WWII Russian communist party high ranking official's family. The story keeps you watching and forgetting the low production values. The first four or five episodes go smoothly; then we move forward in time and the spectacular child actress (the real life daughter of the protagonist Sergey Makhovikov ) grows older and we get an array of less interesting actresses coupled by a pot pourrri of 40+ men pretending to be students in their twenties. Olesya Sudzilovskaya gives a tour de force performance as a wicked/lovable stepmother; the series is worth watching for her performance alone. Sergey Makhovikov and her daughter, the teenager Sasha Makhovikova are true flag bearers of Russian acting school. I have no idea if this is available anywhere in the world, but as soap sagas go, this one is definitely worth a watch.