The State Counsellor (film)

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.^[1]

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

• Erast Fandorin - Oleg Menshikov
• Prince Pozharsky - Nikita Mikhalkov
• Green - Konstantin Khabensky

References

External links

• The State Counsellor at the Internet Movie Database

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 The Genres Project The Children's Book The Spy Novel Science Fiction Quest Bruderschaft with Death series An Infant and a Deamon The Torment of a Broken Heart The Flying Elephant The Children of the Moon Other works Comedy/Tragedy Fairy Tales for Idiots The Seagull Yin and Yang Adaptation Azazel (2002) The Turkish Gambit (2005) The State Counsellor (2005) Pelagia and the White Bulldog (2009) The Winter Queen (2012) Spy (2012) The Diamond Chariot (2014) Bellona (2014) The Decorator (2014)