Mystery of the Missing Village (Season 1)

Mystery of the Missing Village (2023) is a Russian comedy-mystery you can watch online on iFILM. Big-city journalist Tatyana Blok heads into the back country chasing a scoop: one morning, all twenty residents of the village of Verkhnye Brody simply vanished.

The scene makes no sense. The people are gone, yet the cash, the papers and every last farm animal were left exactly where they stood, as if everyone stepped out for a moment and never came back. For Tatyana this is a shot at redemption after being pushed out of television, a chance to prove she can still build a real investigative report. But the story won't come easy — to get at the truth, a city woman has to learn how to live in the countryside, or rather how to survive it. Maria Gorban takes the lead, with Filipp Ershov and Denis Kosyakov beside her.

Director Andrei Shavkero blends a detective puzzle with rural farce, turning an eerie disappearance into a clash between the metropolis and the provinces. It suits viewers who like their mysteries light on dread and quick to laugh at their own characters. Rated 16+. Stream every episode of Mystery of the Missing Village online on iFILM.