The State Counsellor
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The State Counsellor

(2005)Directed by Filipp Yankovsky134 minAction, Crime, Mystery

A general is found stabbed on the train from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and the only suspect is Erast Fandorin (Oleg Menshikov), because the killer passed himself off as him. The knife handle carries the initials BG, the mark of a terrorist group that keeps both capitals afraid, and Count Pozharsky (Nikita Mikhalkov) takes over the case alongside him. Yankovsky leaves Fandorin to clear his name in a hunt where he cannot be sure who is on his side.

Oleg Menshikovas Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Nikita Mikhalkovas Count Pozharsky
Oleg Tabakovas Count Vladimir Dolgorukov
Mariya Mironovaas Julie Lenard
Mikhail Efremovas Mylnikov
Fyodor Bondarchukas Col. Pyotr Burchinsky
Emiliya Spivakas Esfir Litvinova
Aleksandr Strizhenovas Grand Duke Simeon Alexandrovich
Andrey Lebedevas doctor
Yuri Kolokolnikovas Smolyaninov
Pavel Belozerovas Larionov
Sergey Bolotaevas photographer
Vladimir Bolotnovas Governor General's Bellhop
Olga Yurasovaas Sympathizer at Larionov's
Konstantin Spasskiyas Pozharsky's guard
Kirill Gratsinskyas Snegir
Oleg Zabolotnyy
Sergey Eremeev
Yekaterina Vulichenko
Vladimir Krasnov