Daddy's Daughters
Daddy's Daughters is a Russian TV series that aired for 20 seasons from September 3, 2007 to April 30, 2013. Made by "Kinokonstanta", "Kostafilm" and "Yellow, Black and White" film companies, the show revolves around psychotherapist Sergey Vasnetsov and his five daughters who were all left by their mother after she fled to Canada with a hockey player. The series has very high television ratings and has won multiple awards. Unlike many other Russian sitcoms of those years, this is an original series, and is not an adaptation of a foreign show.
Plot
Protagonist Sergei Vasnetsov, a family therapist from a small private clinic, was in a deplorable situation. His wife, Lyudmila Vasnetsova, left him for a hockey player. To make matters worse, his practice is all but collapsing, as all of his patients have left. His wife's departure leaves their five daughters in his care.Cast
- Andrei Leonov as Sergei Alekseyevich Vasnetsov
- Nonna Grishayeva as Lyudmila Sergeyevna Vasnetsova
- Miroslava Karpovich as Maria Vasnetsova
- Anastasia Sivayeva as Darya Vasnetsova
- Darya Melnikova as Eugenia Vasnetsova
- Elizaveta Arzamasova as Galina Sergeyevna Vasnetsova
- Ekaterina Starshova as Polina Vasnetsova
- Olga Volkova as Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko
- Aleksandr Samoylenko as Andrei Antonov
- Angelina Varganova† as Olga Antonova
- Tatyana Orlova as Tamara Kozhemyatko
- Alexander Oleshko as Vasily Fedotov
- Maria Syomkina as Oksana Fedotova
- Mikhail Kazakow as Ilya Polezhaykin
- Philip Blednyi as Veniamin Vasilyev
- Nina Persiyaninova as Taisiya Kirillovna
- Anna Dimova as Lyudmila Mikhailovna
Trivia
- Shooting the series began July 13, 2007. Creators and arrangers of the title song "Daddy's Daughters" are brothers Kristovskiy.
- At first only 60 episodes were planned. However, because of the huge ratings "Daddy's daughters" was continued. In 2008-2009, the project was a leader among Russian sitcoms. So, in 2008, the average share of premiere episodes in the audience of "all 6-54" was phenomenal — at the level of 19.9%.
- "Daddy's Daughters" is the first Russian TV series to get adapted by a foreign channel. German channel Das Vierte began shooting a German remake called "Ein Haus voller Töchter" in spring 2009 and started broadcasting it in August 2010. However, "Ein Haus voller Töchter" received very poor ratings and very poor critical reception. It was panned for its poor and clichéd writing and its overuse of canned laughter. Jan Schlüter of Quotenmeter.de concluded that "television could hardly get worse".
- Angelina Varganova who played Olga Antonova died on January 4, 2013, from pneumonia at the age of 41, before she could finish the storyline of the character.
Awards
- TEFI 2008 — in the nomination "Sitcom"
- TEFI 2008 — in the nomination "Producer of a television feature series"
- The award in the field of audiovisual arts for children and youth "Star Bridge" — in the nomination "TV series for children and youth"
- People's Award of Ukraine "TV Star" — in the nomination "Favorite actor"
- In 2008, Andrei Leonov was nominated for the TEFI award in the category Best Actor of TV Movie/Series for his role in Daddy’s Daughters.
- TEFI 2009 — in the nomination "Sitcom"
- TEFI 2009 — in the nomination "Screenwriter of a television feature series"
- In 2010, the series received two nominations at the Golden Eagle Awards. Nonna Grishayeva was nominated in the category Best Television Actress, and Vyacheslav Murugov, Sergey Aldonin, and Aleksandr Zhigalkin were nominated in the category Best Television Series.
- People's Award of Ukraine "TV Star" — in the nomination "Favorite TV series"
- People's Award of Ukraine "TV Star" — in the nomination "Favorite actress"