The Turkish Gambit

2005 2h 10m RU

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 98

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Egor Beroev
Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Olga Krasko
Varvara Suvorova
Marat Basharov
Mitya Gridnev
Vladimir Ilin
general Lavrentiy Mizinov
Dmitriy Pevtsov
count Ippolit Zurov
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
colonel Lukan
Aleksandr Baluev
general Mikhail Sobolev
Aleksey Guskov
lieutenant colonel Kazanaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dzhanik Fayziev
Writers: Boris Akunin
Languages: Bulgarian, French, Russian, Turkish
Countries: Russia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Bulgarian, French, Russian, Turkish.

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ERA

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Part of the "The Adventures of Erast Fandorin" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dzhanik Fayziev, shot by Andrei Zhegalov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrey Feofanov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Egor Beroev and Olga Krasko and Marat Basharov carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dzhanik Fayziev directs. Andrei Zhegalov behind the camera. Andrey Feofanov scores. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Bulgarian, French, Russian, Turkish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.
3Released 21 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Bulgarian, French, Russian, Turkish.
5Part of the "The Adventures of Erast Fandorin" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Dzhanik Fayziev, shot by Andrei Zhegalov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Andrey Feofanov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Egor Beroev and Olga Krasko and Marat Basharov carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0374298 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.