2 Movies Directed by Filipp Yankovskiy

The State Counsellor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-21

Languages:

Russian, Japanese, French

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

191 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1873 Reviews)

Director:

Filipp Yankovskiy

Genres:

Drama Crime

Cast:

Oleg Menshikov Nikita Mikhalkov Konstantin Khabenskiy Vladimir Mashkov

Writer:

Boris Akunin (novel)

Boris Akunin (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but Erast Petrovich is under suspicion because the killer pretended to be Fandorin. There are initials BG on the handle of the knife Khrapov was stabbed with, the initials belong to a terrorist organization which keeps both capital cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) in fear. This time Fandorin is not the only one trying to solve the crime, general Pozharski, a famous detective takes over the investigation...