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The State Counsellor is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 6 june 2005 with Oleg Menshikov

The State Counsellor (2005)

Statski sovetnik

The State Counsellor
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Released in USA 6 june 2005
Length 3h11
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Spy,    Historical,    Crime
Rating69% 3.48963.48963.48963.48963.4896

The State Counseller (Russian: Статский советник) is a 2005 Russian film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel of the same name featuring detective Erast Fandorin. Directed by Filipp Yankovsky, it was one of the most expensive films ever made in Russia.

A revolutionary organisation is planning to assassinate the Governor of Moscow as the first step to overthrowing the Tsarist state. Detective Erast Fandorin attempts to counter them, but his efforts are hindered by his dealings with Prince Pozharsky.

The film's promotional title in Russian uses the old-fashioned, pre-Revolutionary spelling Статскiй совѣтникъ which contrasts with the modern spelling Статский советник.

Synopsis

C'est la fin du XIXe siècle, l'Empire russe. Le ministre, adjudant-général Ivan Khrapov se rend de Saint-Pétersbourg à Moscou par le train. Lors de l’arrêt à la gare de la ville de Kline un homme monte dans le train et se présente aux gardes de Khrapov comme Eraste Fandorine chargé de sécurité de Khrapov. On le laisse entrer dans le compartiment. Bientôt le ministre est retrouvé mort poignardé. Les initiales sur le manche du poignard, laissé exprès sur le lieu du crime, indiquent qu'il appartient à un certain Green se trouvant en tête d'une organisation terroriste redoutée.

Actors

Oleg Menshikov

(Erast Petrovich Fandorin)Nikita Mikhalkov

(Count Pozharsky)Constantin Khabenski

(Grigori Greenberg dit Green, terroriste)Vladimir Machkov

(Kozyr)Oleg Tabakov

(Count Vladimir Dolgorukov)
And :
Mikhail Yefremov
Maria Mironova
Fiodor Bondartchouk
Alexeï Gorbounov ou Aleksey Gorbunov
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