The State Counsellor (film)

The State Counsellor
Directed by	Filipp Yankovsky^[1]
Written by	Boris Akunin^[1]
Starring	Oleg Menshikov Nikita Mikhalkov Konstantin Khabensky
Distributed by	Karo Premiere
Release dates	21 April 2005 (2005-04-21)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

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.^[2]

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.

Cast

Oleg Menshikov as Erast Fandorin
Nikita Mikhalkov as Prince Pozharsky
Konstantin Khabensky as Green
Igor Yasulovich as Aronzon the chemist
Alexey Gorbunov as Nikolai Seleznov / Rakhmet^[3]
Vladimir Mashkov as Tikhon Bogoyavlenskii
Emilia Spivak as Esfir

References

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Works by Boris Akunin

Erast Fandorin series	The Winter Queen The Turkish Gambit Murder on the Leviathan The Death of Achilles Special Assignments The State Counsellor The Coronation She Lover of Death He Lover of Death The Diamond Chariot Jade Rosary Beads All the World's a Stage The Black City

Nicholas Fandorin series	Altyn Tolobas Extracurricular Reading F.M. Falcon and Swallow

Sister Pelagia series	Pelagia and the White Bulldog Pelagia and the Black Monk Pelagia and the Red Rooster

Adaptations	Azazel (2002) The Turkish Gambit (2005) The State Counsellor (2005) Spy (2012)

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