The series “Servant of the People”, broadcast on Arte since November, presents Vladimir Zelensky as a history teacher who became President of Ukraine and is now facing a whole new echo.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, the Ukrainian series Servant of the People, broadcast on Arte.tv since November 2021, has attracted new interest. Indeed, Vladimir Zelensky, now President of Ukraine, is the one who produced and directed it. The former actor also plays the lead role of Vasili Goloborodko, a history professor who became the country’s president.
French viewers can find the first season on the Arte website, where it is available until May 18. If the channel still does not report figures for the number of views, the series is marked on the home page of the site.
The career of Vladimir Zelensky, who is now calmly facing Vladimir Putin, is atypical. Before being elected head of Ukraine in 2019, he made a career as a comedian and actor.
Dancing with the Stars and Paddington
The fictional president in the series “Servant of the People”, Vladimir Zelensky, began as a popular artist, singer and dancer. In 2006 he won the Ukrainian version of Dancing with the Stars. Excerpts from the program are already widely distributed on social networks. Vladimir Zelenski also hosted the wide-ranging Quartier du soir.
He was also the one who duplicated the voice of Paddington in the 2017 film. “Until today, I had no idea who duplicated the voice of Paddington in Ukraine,” tweeted on Monday actor Hugh Boneville, who plays Mr. Brown in both Paddington films. . “On my own behalf, I thank President Zelenski.
The series “Servant of the People”, broadcast on Channel 1 + 1 from 2015, has three seasons. In the first season, a hero brought to the presidency of the country, after the broadcast on social networks of a video shot without his knowledge, in which he criticizes the corrupt political class, rubs himself with the exercise of power.
If the series was a great success in Ukraine, in Russia, the channel TNT deprogrammed it in December 2019, after broadcasting three episodes.
Also in 2019, reality and fiction came together under the impetus of the actor. Encouraged by the success of the hero of his series, from which he borrowed the name of his party, Vladimir Zelenski was elected president of the country with 73.2% of the vote.
