The State Counsellor

2005 · 2h 14m

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

Cast

Oleg Menshikov

Erast Petrovich Fandorin

Nikita Mikhalkov

Count Pozharsky

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Green

Vladimir Mashkov

Kozyr

Oleg Tabakov

Count Vladimir Dolgorukov