The Duelist
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
as Yakovlev
Vladimir Mashkov
as Earl Beklemishev
Franziska Petri
as Aleksandra Iosifovna
Martin Wuttke
as German Baron
Sergey Garmash
as One-armed nobleman
Yuri Kolokolnikov
as Basargin
Aleksandr Yatsenko
as Yakovlev Jr.
Yuriy Kuznetsov
as Servant
Anton Kuznetsov
as merchant, gunsmith
Dmitriy Kulichkov
as Chichagov
