The Turkish Gambit

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Egor BeroevErast Petrovich Fandorin

Olga KraskoVarvara Suvorova

Marat BasharovMitya Gridnev

Vladimir Ilingeneral Lavrentiy Mizinov

Dmitriy Pevtsovcount Ippolit Zurov

Viktor Verzhbitskiycolonel Lukan

Aleksandr Baluevgeneral Mikhail Sobolev

Aleksey Guskovlieutenant colonel Kazanaki

Gosha KutsenkoIsmail

Andrey Kraskocorporal

Leonid Kuravlyovmajor

Sergey Gazarovgovernor Vidina