Aleksey MIZGIRYOV
Алексей МИЗГИРЕВ
Alekseï MIZGUIRIOV
Russia, 2016, 110mn 
fiction
The Duelist
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Дуэлянт

 

 Le Duelliste

 Duelyant

 
Directed by : Aleksey MIZGIRYOV (Алексей МИЗГИРЕВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey MIZGIRYOV (Алексей МИЗГИРЕВ)
 
Cast
Pyotr FIODOROV (Пётр ФЕДОРОВ)
Vladimir MASHKOV (Владимир МАШКОВ)
Yulia KHLYNINA (Юлия ХЛЫНИНА)
Frantsiska PETRI (Франциска ПЕТРИ)
Pierre BOUREL (Пьер БУРЕЛЬ)
Sergey GARMASH (Сергей ГАРМАШ)
Yuri KOLOKOLNIKOV (Юрий КОЛОКОЛЬНИКОВ)
Pavel TABAKOV (Павел ТАБАКОВ )
Martin WUTTKE (Мартин ВУТТКЕ)
 
Cinematography : Maksim OSADCHY (Максим ОСАДЧИЙ)
Production design : Andrey PONKRATOV (Андрей ПОНКРАТОВ)
Produced by : Gleb FETISOV (Глеб ФЕТИСОВ), Sergey MELKUMOV (Сергей МЕЛЬКУМОВ), Aleksandr RODNYANSKY (Александр РОДНЯНСКИЙ)
Production : Non-stop Production
Film revenue in Russia : 6.012 million dollars
Spectators : 1 419 345
Release date in Russia : 29/09/2016
 
Sites : Allociné, IMDb
VOD or DVD release in France : 2018-02-21, Site

Awards :
Best Set Decoration Andrey PONKRATOV , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best Cinematography Maksim OSADCHY , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best Set Decoration Andrey PONKRATOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Condor Entertainment. 2019. Titre : The Duelist

Plot synopsis
Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.
Source: http://www.tiff.net/
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Le duelliste (2016) [Film de Alexeï Mizguiriov], Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
Пять литров дворянской крови: Дуэлянт — фильм, которому неважны правила и каноны, Никита КАРЦЕВ, kinoart.ru / Искусство Kино, 2019
Aleksei Mizgirev: The Duelist(Dueliant, 2016), Eva BINDER, Kinokultura, 2017
10 лучших фильмов 2016 года: версия Антона Долина [Les dix meilleurs films du monde de 2016 selon Anton Doline], Anton DOLIN, daily.afisha.ru, 2016
Дуэлянт Алексея Мизгирева: самый интригующий российский фильм года [Film Le Duelliste, 2016, de Alekseï MIZGUIRIOV], Anton DOLIN, daily.afisha.ru, 2016
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- VOD or DVD release in France of the film:, Different cities (France), 2018
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2017
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Russian film symposium. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA), 2017
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2016
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto (Canada), 2016
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2016
- Festival international du film de Marrakech : FIFM, Marrakech (Morocco), 2016
- Dubai International Film Festival, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), 2016

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