The Turkish Gambit

The Turkish Gambit (2005)

Турецкий гамбит

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.

Date of release
2005-02-22
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (99)
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Mystery, Adventure, Action, Drama, History
Director
Dzhanik Fayziev
Collection
The Adventures of Erast Fandorin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $18.5M
  • Based on: The Turkish Gambit
  • Filmed in: Bulgaria
  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 0. Including: MTV Russia Movie Awards; Russian National Movie Awards

The Turkish Gambit is a 2005 Russian historical spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Turkish Gambit featuring his most famous character, the detective Erast Fandorin. It was directed by Dzhanik Fayziev and written by Akunin himself. The film starred Marat Basharov, Yegor Beroyev, and Olga Krasko. The Turkish Gambit was a box office success, although it received mixed reviews from critics.

Filming

Didier Bienaimé died the day before his arrival in Russia to voice his role. Director Janik Fayziev decided to leave the actor's speech in French in the film, voicing only some of the lines himself.

«Дождик осенний» ("Autumn Rain", music by Isaac Schwartz, lyrics by Bulat Okudzhava, vocals by Olga Krasko) was written for the movie "Captain Fracasse" (1984), it was also performed in the TV series "Happy New Year!" (1999).

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