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.
Cast
Pyotr Fyodorov
Yakovlev
Vladimir Mashkov
Earl Beklemishev
Franziska Petri
Aleksandra Iosifovna
Martin Wuttke
German Baron
Sergey Garmash
One-armed nobleman
Yuri Kolokolnikov
Basargin
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Yakovlev Jr.
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Servant
Anton Kuznetsov
merchant, gunsmith
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Chichagov
Pavel Tabakov
Prince Tuchkov
Yuliya Khlynina
Marfa Tuchkova
Alexandr Mizev
officer-jailer
Petr Skvortsov
convict
Igor Khripunov
sekundant knyazya Reyna, Unknown
Arthur Beschastny
steward
Nikolay Butenin
convict
Pavel Kuzmin
captain Liprandi
Dmitry Lysenkov
senate official
Anatoly Kondyubov
doctor Arndt
Nikita Kukushkin
young sergeant
Alexandr Aravushkin
fortress comendant
Pierre Bourel
Unknown
Sergey Godin
Unknown
Sergey Trebesov
Unknown
Maksim Klimenko
Unknown
Gleb Temnov
Unknown
Yan Kuzmin
Unknown
Nikolay Yakovlev
Unknown
Svetlana Obidina
Unknown
Natalya Kalinina
Unknown
Aleksandra Serebryakova
Unknown
Artem Vasilyev
Unknown
Nikolay Kiy
Unknown
Dmitry Zhuravlev
Unknown
Svetlana Mertsalova
Unknown
Lyudmila Grigorash
Unknown
Crew
Aleksei Mizgiryov
Director, Writer
Igor Litoninskiy
Editor
Maxim Osadchy-Korytkovsky
Director of Photography
Aleksey Kosorotov
Additional Director of Photography
Mariya Tereschenkova
Assistant Director
Natalya Gorina
Executive Producer
Alexander Rodnyansky
Producer
Sergey Melkumov
Producer
Gleb Fetisov
Co-Producer
Platon Emikh
Line Producer
Andrey Ponkratov
Production Design
Denis Danilov
Epk Camera Operator
Olga Dubovitskaya
Casting Director
Tatyana Patrakhaltseva
Costume Design
Marina Krasnovidova
Makeup Artist
Aleksey Ivchenko
Makeup Artist
Rostislav Alimov
Sound Director
Arman Yakhin
VFX Supervisor
Elena Medvedeva
VFX Supervisor
Igor Vdovin
Original Music Composer
Nikolai Ryabtsev
Set Designer
Sergey Golovkin
Stunt Coordinator
