COUNSELLOR OF STATE
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Ingenious screen adaptation of the historical thriller “The Counsellor of State” in the Fandorin series of cult author Boris Akunin, who also wrote the screenplay. Czarist Russia in the late 19th-century; revolutionary tensions and attacks are on the rise. Chrapow, the Governor-General of Siberia, is murdered in the ministerial compartment of the train to Moscow. The murder alleges to be Counsellor of State Erast Fandorin, who now sets out to solve the crime. The vice-director of the St. Petersburg police (brilliantly played by Nikita Michalkov) comes to Fandorin’s aid – and from then on things take a wholly unexpected turn…
Statskij Sovetnik / Der Staatsrat
RUS 2005 / 125 min
Director: Filipp Jankovskij
- Screenplay: Boris Akunin
- Cinematographer: Vladislav Opeljanc
- Music: Enri Lolašvili
- Cast: Nikita Michalkov,Oleg Menšikov,Konstantin Chabenskij,Vladimir Maškov,Emilija Spivak
- Producer: Leonid Vereščagin,Nikita Michalkov
- Production Company: Studio TriTe - Moskau
Ingenious screen adaptation of the historical thriller “The Counsellor of State” in the Fandorin series of cult author Boris Akunin, who also wrote the screenplay. Czarist Russia in the late 19th-century; revolutionary tensions and attacks are on the rise. Chrapow, the Governor-General of Siberia, is murdered in the ministerial compartment of the train to Moscow. The murder alleges to be Counsellor of State Erast Fandorin, who now sets out to solve the crime. The vice-director of the St. Petersburg police (brilliantly played by Nikita Michalkov) comes to Fandorin’s aid – and from then on things take a wholly unexpected turn…
- Screenplay: Boris Akunin
- Cinematographer: Vladislav Opeljanc
- Music: Enri Lolašvili
- Cast: Nikita Michalkov,Oleg Menšikov,Konstantin Chabenskij,Vladimir Maškov,Emilija Spivak
- Producer: Leonid Vereščagin,Nikita Michalkov
- Production Company: Studio TriTe - Moskau