# The Sniffer

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Russian-Ukrainian television series

The Sniffer Ukrainian Нюхач Genre Detective fiction Created by Artyom Litvinenko Written by Artyom Litvinenko Andriy Babik Directed by Artyom Litvinenko Starring Kirill Käro Ivan Oganesyan Mariya Anikanova Nina Gogaeva Nikolai Chindyajkin Aleksey Zorin Oleksiy Khilskyi Composer Nikita Moisyeyev Country of origin Ukraine Original language Russian No. of series 4 No. of episodes 32 Production Executive producers Andriy Rizvanyuk (season 1) Maksym Asadchyy (season 2) Producer Victor Mirsky Cinematography Andrey Lisetskiy (season 1) Graham Frake (season 2) Anton Fursa Editor Vladimir Zapryagalov Running time 49–54 minutes Production company Film.UA Original release Network ICTV, 1TV Release November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11) – 2019 (2019)

***The Sniffer*** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language) and [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Нюхач, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Ukrainian): *Nyukhach*) is a Russian-language detective series produced and shot in Ukraine by FILM.UA Television, created, co-written, and directed by [Artyom Litvinenko](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artyom_Litvinenko&action=edit&redlink=1).[1]

## Premise

The show is about a man, known as the Sniffer, who has an unusually sensitive [sense of smell](/source/Olfaction) that allows him to investigate crimes by detecting and distinguishing trace amounts of various substances. He works alongside his childhood friend, Viktor Lebedev, an officer in the Special Bureau of Investigations.[2]

## Cast and characters

- [Kirill Käro](/source/Kirill_K%C3%A4ro) as The Sniffer

- [Ivan Oganesyan](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivan_Oganesyan&action=edit&redlink=1) as Col. Viktor Lebedev

- Mariya Anikanova as Yulia

- [Nina Gogaeva](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nina_Gogaeva&action=edit&redlink=1) as Tatyana Voskresenskaya

- [Nikolai Chindyajkin](/source/Nikolai_Chindyajkin) as General

- Aleksey Zorin as Maxim

- [Agnė Grudytė](/source/Agn%C4%97_Grudyt%C4%97) as Irina Nordin

- Viktor Shchur as SBR employee

- Denis Martynov as Gena

- [Oleksiy Khilskyi](/source/Oleksiy_Khilskyi) as Robert

## Production

The series premiered on 11 November 2013 on the Ukrainian TV channel [ICTV](/source/ICTV_(Ukraine)) and began airing in Russia on 16 December 2013, for [1TV](/source/Channel_One_Russia). By 2014, the series had been sold in sixty countries.[3]

Even before its premiere, the series was officially renewed for a second season, with eight new episodes. The second season opened on 1TV on 5 October 2015, with cinematography by Graham Frake, who had previously been head of photography for *[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)*.[3]

In 2016, [Amazon](/source/Amazon.com) added the first season to their [Amazon Prime](/source/List_of_Amazon.com_products_and_services#Amazon_Prime) lineup.[2]

By 31 January 2017, filming of the third season was completed. Like the first two seasons, the third season consists of eight episodes, which were shot over the course of six months.[4][5]

Beginning in May 2017, the first two seasons were streamed on [Netflix](/source/Netflix) and the third season was later added. As of 2021, Netflix no longer carries the series.

## Soundtrack

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- [Brainstorm](/source/Brainstorm_(Latvian_band)) — "Years and Seconds"

- [Dmitry Bortniansky](/source/Dmitry_Bortniansky) — "Concerto No.2 in D major"

- [George Frideric Handel](/source/George_Frideric_Handel) — "[The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba](/source/The_Arrival_of_the_Queen_of_Sheba)", from the oratorio *Solomon*

- [Lev Kolodub](/source/Lev_Kolodub) — "Ukrainian Dixieland", performed by the brass quintet Major under the direction of Viktor Slupsky

- [Onuka](/source/Onuka_(band)) — "Time"

- Wacky Room — "Take Me"

- TEEEL — "Wait Is Over"

- Dmitry Snezhko — "Heart Mate"

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Видеоинтервью Артёма Литвиненко](http://video.telekritika.ua/show/intervu/1484-artem_litvinenko_mirskiij_uvidel_vo_mne_a_ia_-_v_nem_13.05.2013)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ap_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ap_2-1) ["The Sniffer"](https://www.amazon.com/The-Sniffer/dp/B01DEFZPXY). *Amazon.com*. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hr_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hr_3-1) Holdsworth, Nick (7 April 2014). ["MIPTV: Original Ukrainian Crime Format 'The Sniffer' Sells to France"](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/miptv-original-ukrainian-crime-format-694105). *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)*. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Нюхач 3"](http://www.vokrug.tv/product/show/nyuhach._3_sezon). *Вокруг ТВ*. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Kirill Kyaro Sniffed The Third Time"](http://kino-teatr.ru/kino/news/y2017/1-31/10806). *Кино-Театр*. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

## External links

- [*The Sniffer*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3326054/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*The Sniffer*](http://film.ua/en/production/filmsandseries/projects/219) — official page at FILM.UA site

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