
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion.
Erast Petrovich Fandorin

Varvara Suvorova

Mitya Gridnev

general Lavrentiy Mizinov

count Ippolit Zurov

colonel Lukan

general Mikhail Sobolev

lieutenant colonel Kazanaki

Ismail

corporal

major

governor Vidina

cornet

Anvar

Aleksandr II

Perepyolkin

Charles D'evreux

McLaughlin

Petya Yablokov

Danchenko

Lestvitsky

general Konetskiy

Semyon

Unknown Role

Ismail's bodyguard

Lunz
