Trivia / Trace

• Actor-Shared Background: Photos of Oksana Amelina shown in the series are taken from Anastasia Gulimova's model portfolio.
• The Cast Showoff: Several episodes show Rogozina singing or playing the violin. Olga Koposova has musical education.
• Channel Hop: From Channel One to Channel 5 - St. Petersburg in 2011.
• The Danza:
  • Yuliya Vayshnur as Yuliya Sokolova.
  • Also, Elena Golovizina as Elena Shustova.
• Died During Production: Oleg Valkman (who played Boris Selivanov) passed away in February 2021.
• Hostility on the Set: There was a notable conflict between Olga Koposova (Rogozina) and Andrey Lavrov (Kotov). Koposova wasn't fond of Lavrov's arrogant behaviour on set (and was always frank about it). Andrey Lavrov was finally sacked in 2019.
• Playing Against Type: Anna Kasatkina is best known for her comic performances with "Kvartet I" comic theater company, so, seeing her playing woman plotting to kill her Jerkass husband with the hands of her employee may be really surprising for some viewers.
• Real-Life Relative: Sergey Pioro (Igor Shustov) and Elena Golovizina (Elena Shustova) are real-live spouses who, in contrast to series, are still Happily Married.
• Real Life Writes the Hairstyle: Episodes filmed in early 2010s features different haircut for Rogozina. In fact, it was a wig (Olga Koposova was undergoing breast cancer treatment at the time).
• What Could Have Been:
  • Olga Koposova was first auditioned for Antonova. It makes to wonder how Trace could look in this case.
  • Also, Georgy Teslya-Gerasimov (Konstantin Lisitsyn) was first auditioned for Mayskiy.
  • There was a possibility for Office Romance storyline involving Antonova (who is married and had then three (now four) children). The most possible love interest for her was Sergey Mayskiy.
• Working Title: Basic Evidence.
• Written-In Infirmity:
  • Anna Dankova's pregnancy was used as the premise of "Substitute", where Antonova takes maternity leave and is replaced by another medical examiner who turns out to be crooked, so Antonova decides to return to work.
  • Konstantin Kotov spent couple of episodes with cane, because Andrey Lavrov suffered a leg injury on set of another TV series.