Philip YANKOVSKY
Филипп ЯНКОВСКИЙ
Philippe YANKOVSKI
Russia, 2005, 127mn 
Colour, fiction
Statskiy Sovetnik
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Статский советник

 

 The State Counsellor

 Le Conseiller d'Etat

 
Directed by : Philip YANKOVSKY (Филипп ЯНКОВСКИЙ)
Writing credits : Boris AKUNIN (Борис АКУНИН)
 
Cast
Fyodor BONDARCHUK (Федор БОНДАРЧУК)
Oxana FANDERA (Оксана ФАНДЕРА)
Aleksey GORBUNOV (Алексей ГОРБУНОВ)
Konstantin KHABENSKY (Константин ХАБЕНСКИЙ) ...Grine 
Vladimir MASHKOV (Владимир МАШКОВ)
Oleg MENSHIKOV (Олег МЕНЬШИКОВ) ...Fandorine
Nikita MIKHALKOV (Никита МИХАЛКОВ)
Mariya MIRONOVA (Мария МИРОНОВА)
Emilia SPIVAK (Эмиля СПИВАК)
Aleksandr STRIZHENOV (Александр СТРИЖЕНОВ)
Oleg TABAKOV (Олег ТАБАКОВ)
Mikhail YEFREMOV (Михаил ЕФРЕМОВ)
 
Cinematography : Vladislav OPELIANTS (Владислав ОПЕЛЬЯНЦ)
Production design : Vladimir ARONIN (Владимир АРОНИН)
Music : Henri LOLASHVILI (Энри ЛОЛАШВИЛИ)
Produced by : Konstantin ERNST (Константин ЭРНСТ), Anatoli MAKSIMOV (Анатолий МАКСИМОВ), Nikita MIKHALKOV (Никита МИХАЛКОВ), Leonid VERESHCHAGIN (Леонид ВЕРЕЩАГИН)
Companies : Trite, Première Chaîne
Film revenue in Russia : 7.52 million dollars
Release Date in Russia : 28/04/2005
 

Awards :
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Konstantin KHABENSKY , Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2006
Best actor Nikita MIKHALKOV , Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005
Best actor Nikita MIKHALKOV , Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2005
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oxana FANDERA , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2005

Plot synopsis
A high-ranking official is killed on a train by an assassin calling himself State Counsellor Erast Fandorin. Of course, the killer is not the real Fandorin (Menshikov) -- who is summoned to solve the murder -- but an anarchist named Green (Konstantin Khabensky), who is in contact with a double agent working within the state department.
Fandorin's task is to hunt down Green and his cronies and sniff out the rat. Fandorin investigates a selection of suspects, at one point disseminating misinformation to see who's the leak. Jocular but ruthlessly ambitious top cop Pozharsky (Mikhalkov) helps out.
Meanwhile, Green starts to suspect his informant, whom he's never met, may have an agenda not entirely congruent with the aims of the proletariat. And, Green's joining forces with another terrorist, Kozir (Vladimir Mashkov), produces friction when Kozir's prostitute g.f. Juli (Maria Mironova) proves fickle with her favors.
Source : www.variety.com
 

commentaries
Two Decades of Post-Soviet Cinema : Taking Stock of Our Stocktaking, Seth GRAHAM, kinokultura.com, 2008
Эрастишка. Атака клоунов. [О фильме Статский советник], Boris AKUNIN, Denis GORELOV, seance.ru, 2005
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian film festival in Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France), 2013
- Soirées du cinéma russe de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 2012
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2012
- Semaine du cinéma russe à Gérarmer, Gerardmer (France), 2010
- Week end de cinéma russe à Marly, Marly (France), 2010
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2007
- Days of Russian cinema in Valence, Valencia (France), 2006
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2006
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2006
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2006
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2005
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2005
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2005
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2005
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2005
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2005
- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2005

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