The State Counsellor
2005·Russia·134 min.
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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...
DirectorPhilip Yankovsky
ScreenwriterBoris Akunin
MusicEnri Lolashvili
CinematographyVladislav Opelyants
CastNikita Mikhalkov·Oleg Menshikov·Konstantin Khabenskiy·Mikhail Efremov·Vladimir Mashkov·Emiliya Spivak·Oksana Fandera·Aleksey Gorbunov·Fedor Bondarchuk·Oleg Tabakov
Original titleStatskiy sovetnik