The Turkish Gambit

The story

The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion.

In the same saga

The Adventures of Erast Fandorin

In release order

Azazel

2002

This film

The Turkish Gambit

2005

The State Counsellor

2005

Cast

E Egor BeroevErast Petrovich Fandorin O Olga KraskoVarvara Suvorova M Marat BasharovMitya Gridnev V Vladimir Ilingeneral Lavrentiy Mizinov D Dmitriy Pevtsovcount Ippolit Zurov V Viktor Verzhbitskiycolonel Lukan A Aleksandr Baluevgeneral Mikhail Sobolev A Aleksey Guskovlieutenant colonel Kazanaki G Gosha KutsenkoIsmail A Andrey Kraskocorporal L Leonid Kuravlyovmajor S Sergey Gazarovgovernor Vidina

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V Viktor Bychkovcornet V Velimir VelevAnvar E Evgeniy LazarevAleksandr II A Aleksandr LykovPerepyolkin D Didier BienaiméCharles D'evreux D Daniel OlbrychskiMcLaughlin A Aleksandr OleshkoPetya Yablokov V Valdis PelšsDanchenko A Andrey RudenskyLestvitsky A Anatoliy Kuznetsovgeneral Konetskiy S Stanislav DuzhnikovSemyon S Stanislav Pishtalov R Raicho VasilevIsmail's bodyguard O Oleg MakarovLunz J Julian VergovBulgarian Officer V Valentin GanevOfficer N Niki Iliev