In Moscow in 1922, Count Rostov, an aristocrat, is spared by a Soviet tribunal on condition that he never leaves the Metropol Hotel. He is moved from his suite to a cramped attic room.
Starring Ewan McGregor, John Heffernan, Johnny Harris
A period drama for people who want warmth and dry wit more than suspense, and who can put up with a little twee. The Count jokes so nobody sees him upset, and Ewan McGregor plays that cheer as charm rather than smugness. Young Nina arrives with a master key and shows him the hotel's hidden rooms, and the makeshift family around him grows from there.
It is slow and mood-led, with no cliffhangers pushing you on, and flashbacks to the Count's family are woven through the early episodes.
In Moscow in 1922, Count Rostov, an aristocrat, is spared by a Soviet tribunal on condition that he never leaves the Metropol Hotel. He is moved from his suite to a cramped attic room.
Starring Ewan McGregor, John Heffernan, Johnny Harris
A period drama for people who want warmth and dry wit more than suspense, and who can put up with a little twee. The Count jokes so nobody sees him upset, and Ewan McGregor plays that cheer as charm rather than smugness. Young Nina arrives with a master key and shows him the hotel's hidden rooms, and the makeshift family around him grows from there.
It is slow and mood-led, with no cliffhangers pushing you on, and flashbacks to the Count's family are woven through the early episodes.