Summary
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 63
IMDb6.9
Audience score56%
Box office
4.6×its budget
- Budget
- $4 M
- Worldwide
- $19 M
Worldwide it earned $15 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 10 min
Longer than most mysteries, +28 min on the typical 102
typical 102130Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Released
2005
February 22, 2005
21 years ago
Genres
MysteryAdventureActionDramaHistoryLanguage
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
BulgarianFrenchTurkishMade in
Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 24 more27 people
- Egor BeroevErast Petrovich Fandorin
- Olga KraskoVarvara Suvorova
- Marat BasharovMitya Gridnev
- Vladimir Ilingeneral Lavrentiy Mizinov
- Dmitriy Pevtsovcount Ippolit Zurov
- Viktor Verzhbitskiycolonel Lukan
- Aleksandr Baluevgeneral Mikhail Sobolev
- Aleksey Guskovlieutenant colonel Kazanaki
Gosha KutsenkoIsmail
Andrey Kraskocorporal
Leonid Kuravlyovmajor
Sergey Gazarovgovernor Vidina
Viktor Bychkovcornet
Velimir VelevAnvar
Evgeniy LazarevAleksandr II
Aleksandr LykovPerepyolkin
Didier BienaiméCharles D'evreux
Daniel OlbrychskiMcLaughlin
Aleksandr OleshkoPetya Yablokov
Valdis PelšsDanchenko
Andrey RudenskyLestvitsky
Anatoliy Kuznetsovgeneral Konetskiy
Stanislav DuzhnikovSemyon
Raicho VasilevIsmail's bodyguard
Directing · 2
- Dzhanik Fayziev Director
- Boris Levkovich Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Boris Akunin Novel, Writer
Production · 5
- Nikita Mikhalkov Producer
- Leonid Vereshchagin Producer
- Konstantin Ernst Producer
- Anatoliy Maksimov Producer
- Tamara Odintsova Casting Director
Camera · 3
- Andrei Zhegalov Director of Photography
- Baghir Rafiyev Additional Director of Photography
- Yuri Nikolayev Additional Director of Photography
Sound · 6
- Andrey Feofanov Original Music Composer, Compositor
- Vsevolod Saksonov Original Music Composer
- Maxim Pokrovsky Music
- Isaac Schwarts Music
- Goran Bregović Music
- Mikhail Buyanov Sound Director
Art · 1
- Vladimir Svetozarov Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Sergey Struchev Costume Design
- Galina Korolyova Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Arman Yakhin Visual Effects Director
- Aleksandr Polevoy Visual Effects
Other crew · 3
- Valeriy Derkach Stunt Coordinator
- Ivailo Dimitrov Stunt Double
- Dian Hristov Stunts
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