The State Counsellor (2005)

Original title: Статский советник
Release date: April 21, 2005
Status: Released
Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 2h 14min
Producers: Studio Trite and First Channel

Name: The State Counsellor
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Released: 2005-04-21
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov

Directed by Filipp Yankovsky.
Starring Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy and Vladimir Mashkov.

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...