Jan ends up with businessperson Piort Kowalski, and his wife, Anna, who are a rich family living in a luxurious villa.
Meanwhile, Nikodem ends up with Henryk and Jadwiga Kowalski, a poor uneducated family living in a ramshackle cottage.
The Ivanovs, produced for STS television network, and directed by Anton Fedotov, Andrei Elinson, Sergey Znamenskiy, Fyodor Stukov, and Alyona Korchagina.
The show was filmed in Warsaw, Poland, and produced by Tako Media Polska for Polsat television network.
The main cast included: Piotr Adamczyk, Marieta Żukowska, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Paweł Wawrzecki, Patryk Cebulski, Jakub Zdrójkowski, Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Mikołaj Cieślak, Joanna Orleańska, and Bartosz Obuchowicz.