The Turkish Gambit (2005)

Original title

Турецкий гамбит

Directed by

Dzhanik Fayziev

Genre

action film, adventure film, war film, spy film, historical film

Country

Bulgaria, Russia

Runtime

2h 12m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, a young woman travels to the front lines to find her fiancé. She teams up with the detective Erast Fandorin to uncover a spy.

suspensefuladventuroushistoricalintricatefast-pacedpatrioticintriguing

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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