The Fall of the Empire

The Fall of the Empire
Written by Leonid Yuzefovich
Vladimir Khotinenko
Directed by Vladimir Khotinenko
Starring Aleksandr Baluev
Sergei Makovetsky
Maria Mironova
Chulpan Khamatova
Country of origin Russia
Original language(s) Russian
No. of episodes 10
Production
Running time 520 min.
Release
Original network Channel One Russia
Original release 2005 – 2005

The Fall of the Empire (Гибель империи; Gibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005.

It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence officer Sergei Pavlovich Kostin (Aleksandr Baluev), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, who works to uncover enemy plots aided by his sidekick Ivan Karlovich Shtol'ts (Marat Basharov).

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