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The State Counsellor

The State Counsellor

20055.52h 14m

Overview

Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but Erast Petrovich is under suspicion because the killer pretended to be Fandorin. There are initials BG on the handle of the knife Khrapov was stabbed with, the initials belong to a terrorist organization which keeps both capital cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) in fear. This time Fandorin is not the only one trying to solve the crime, general Pozharski, a famous detective takes over the investigation...

Directed by Filipp Yankovsky
Written by Boris Akunin, Ilya Epishchev
Produced by Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Vereshchagin
Box Office0Revenue: $7.7M

Top Cast

Oleg Menshikov

Oleg Menshikov

Erast Petrovich Fandorin

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Count Pozharsky

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Green

Vladimir Mashkov

Vladimir Mashkov

Kozyr

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

Count Vladimir Dolgorukov

Oksana Fandera

Oksana Fandera

Igla

Mariya Mironova

Mariya Mironova

Julie Lenard

Mikhail Efremov

Mikhail Efremov

Mylnikov

Fyodor Bondarchuk

Fyodor Bondarchuk

Col. Pyotr Burchinsky

Emiliya Spivak

Emiliya Spivak

Esfir Litvinova

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Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About The State Counsellor

The State Counsellor is a action, crime, mystery film released in 2005 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Filipp Yankovsky, it stars Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy. Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but Erast Petrovich is under suspicion because the killer pretended to be Fandorin. There are initials BG on the handle of the knife Khrapov was stabbed with, the initials belong to a terrorist organization which keeps both capital cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) in fear. This time Fandorin is not the only one trying to solve the crime, general Pozharski, a famous detective takes over the investigation...

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