Servant of the People (2015 TV series)

Servant of the People
Servant of the People poster
GenrePolitical satire
Comedy
Created byVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Starring
Theme music composerDmytro Shurov
Composer
  • Andriy Kiryuschenko
Country of originUkraine
Original languagesRussian
Ukrainian
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes51
Production
Executive producer
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Producers
Production locationsKyiv, Ukraine
Running time40—90 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network1+1
Release16 November 2015 (2015-11-16) –
28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)
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Servant of the People (Ukrainian: Слуга народу, romanizedSluha narodu, Russian: Слуга народа, romanizedSluga naroda), sometimes known as Servant of the Nation, is a Ukrainian political satire comedy television series created and produced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stars as Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko, a high-school history teacher in his thirties who is unexpectedly elected President of Ukraine after a viral video filmed by one of his students shows him making a profane rant against government corruption in his country.[1][2][3] The series ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2019, and a film adaptation was released in 2016.[4]

The series was produced by Kvartal 95, which was founded by Zelenskyy.[5] It would become much more involved in Ukraine's actual politics; in 2018, a political party named after the television series was registered,[6] and Zelenskyy was elected president of Ukraine in 2019.[7]

  1. ^ Jacobsen, Katherine (13 December 2016). "How a Fictional President Is Helping Ukrainians Rethink Their Absurd Politics". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ Kao, Anthony (6 June 2017). "Ukraine's 'Servant of the People' is a hidden gem of political comedy". Cinema Escapist. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ Kao, Anthony (22 August 2017). "Interview: Vladimir Zelenskiy on playing Ukraine's president in 'Servant of the People'". Cinema Escapist. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Sluga naroda". iMDB. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ^ Jacobsen, Katherine (13 December 2016). "How a Fictional President Is Helping Ukrainians Rethink Their Absurd Politics". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Минюст зарегистрировал партию 'Слуга народа'" [The Ministry of Justice registered the party 'Servant of the People']. Ukrainian News Agency (in Russian). 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ Wilson, Jennifer (26 April 2019). "Ukraine Elected a Sitcom Star President. His Show Tells Us What to Expect". Slate. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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