The State Counsellor

Статский советник

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...

Screenplay

Борис Акунин

Novela

Борис Акунин

Director

Филипп Янковский

Music

Энри Лолашвили

Status

Released

Release date

21/04/2005

Original language

Russian

Box office

US$ 8 M