King & Jester

About King & Jester

A fantasy drama infused with music and horror fables based on the real story of the 'King and Jester', a cult Russian punk-rock band, enormously popular in the 1990-2000s. The show goes along the band's rocky road to success and tells the story of its polarizing-natured frontman Michael Gorshenev and his tragic death in 2013.

King & Jester is a science fiction and fantasy series that ran on Kinopoisk. Its themes are fairy tale, punk band, parallel stories, and fantasy world.

Its one season of 9 episodes aired between March 2023 and August 2023.

Konstantin Plotnikov stars as Михаил Горшенёв, «Горшок», Vladislav Konoplev as Андрей Князев, «Князь», Valeriia Zoidova as Анфиса Горшенёва, первая жена «Горшка», and Daniil Vakhrushev as Александр Балунов, «Балу». It was produced by Lunapark Film Company and Plus Studio.

Once Upon a Time, Disenchantment, and Galavant make useful companions to King & Jester.