Statskiy sovetnik (2005)

Director:

Filipp Yankovsky

Writers:

Boris Akunin (novel)
Boris Akunin (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 April 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Tagline:

Games are over. This time it is a real Fandorin and a real case.

Plot:

Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Russian Empire | Police | Murder | Moscow Russia

Cast

Nikita Mikhalkov	...	Prince Pozharsky
Oleg Menshikov	...	Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Green
Mikhail Efremov	...	Mylnikov
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Kozyr
Emiliya Spivak	...	Esfir' Litvinova
Oksana Fandera	...	Igla
Aleksey Gorbunov	...	Rahmet
Fyodor Bondarchuk	...	Burchinsky
Oleg Tabakov	...	Prince Dolgoroukoy
Mariya Mironova	...	Julie
Aleksandr Strizhenov	...	Great Prince Simeon Alexandrovich
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pavel Belozerov	...	Larionov
Yuri Golubev	...	Pozharsky's bodyguard
Yuri Kolokolnikov	...	Smolianinov
Vladimir Krasnov	...	Vedishchev
Dmitriy Mukhamadeev	...	Emelya
Masami Ogava	...	Masa
Elena Polyakova
Konstantin Spasskiy	...	Pozharsky's bodyguard
Kirill Tetenkii	...	Snegir'
Yekaterina Vulichenko	...	Maid
Rostislav Yankovsky	...	Khrapov
Igor Yasulovich	...	Aronzon
Vladimir Zaytsev	...	von Zeidlits

Also Known As:

Статский советник (Russia)
The State Counsellor (International: English title)

Runtime:

134 min | Russia:208 min (TV version)

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Filming Locations:

Belorussky Vokzal, Moscow, Russia

Company:

Channel One Russia

Trivia:

Boris Akunin, author of the novel 'Statskiy sovetnik,' thought of Oleg Menshikov as of an ideal Fandorin when he was writing the novel.

Movie Connections:

Follows Turetskiy gambit (2005)

A great Russian movie

I watched this movie with my family in a movie theater in Saint-Petersburg. I chose this movie by accident because other movies would start in an hour or so and we didn't have any time.

Anyway :) having no expectations at all, I really enjoyed the movie. Honestly, i have to say it is one of the best Russian movies I have ever watched. The story is great (Boris Akunin), casting is great, sound effects are good, decorations are great and actors play very well. You can easily see that a lot of money, effort and talent is put to this movie. It kinda shows the new rise of Russian cinematography and that makes me particularly proud of this movie.

This movie is a sort of continuum of the movie Tureckij Gambit (Both are part of Boris Akunin's book series). The two movies are not linked together however, except having the same hero (Fandorin).

I recommend this movie to everyone. Way to go Russia ! (y)