The State Counsellor
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...
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46 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Oleg Menshikov
as Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Nikita Mikhalkov
as Count Pozharsky
Konstantin Khabenskiy
as Green
Vladimir Mashkov
as Kozyr
Oleg Tabakov
as Count Vladimir Dolgorukov
Oksana Fandera
as Igla
Mariya Mironova
as Julie Lenard
Mikhail Efremov
as Mylnikov
Fedor Bondarchuk
as Col. Pyotr Burchinsky
Fyodor Bondarchuk
as Pyotr Ivanovich Burchinskiy (4 Episodes)
Emiliya Spivak
as Esfir Litvinova
Oleksiy Horbunov
as Rakhmet (4 Episodes)
Supporting cast
26Igor Yasulovich
as Aronzon (4 Episodes)
Masami Agava San
as Masa (4 Episodes)
Dmitriy Mukhamadeev
as Emelya (4 Episodes)
Kirill Gratsinsky
as Snegir (4 Episodes)
Yuri Kolokolnikov
as Smolyaninov (4 Episodes)
Pavel Belozerov
as Larionov (4 Episodes)
Vladimir Krasnov
as Vedishchev (4 Episodes)
Yuriy Golubev
as Pozharsky's Bodyguard (4 Episodes)
Konstantin Spasskiy
as Pozharsky's Bodyguard (4 Episodes)
Yekaterina Vulichenko
as Chambermaid (3 Episodes)
Andrey Lebedev
as Doctor (uncredited) (3 Episodes)
Vladimir Zaytsev
as Von Zeydlits (2 Episodes)
Sergey Bolotaev
as Photographer (uncredited) (2 Episodes)
Sergey Eremeev
as Gendarme Officer (uncredited) (2 Episodes)
Aleksandr Strizhenov
as Grand Prince Simeon Aleksandrovich (1 Episode)
Pavel Vashchilin
as Adjutant (1 Episode)
Sergey Bagiev
as Colonel (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Vladimir Bolotnov
as Governor General's Bellhop (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Andrey Frolov
as (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Nikolay Klimenko
as (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Elena Polyakova
as Girl in Julie's salon (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Andrey Savostyanov
as (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Nikolay Solovyov
as Official (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Olga Yurasova
as Sympathizer at Larionov's (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Oleg Zabolotnyy
as Bath Attendant (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Rostislav Yankovsky
as Khrapov (1 Episode)
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