The Duelist

The Duelist

110 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Sept. 29, 2016

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.

The Duelist

110 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Sept. 29, 2016

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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Non-Stop Productions
Original title Дуэлянт
Directors Alexey Mizgirev
Writers Alexey Mizgirev

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

Dmitry Kulichkov

as Chichagov

Pavel Tabakov

as Prince Tuchkov

Yuliya Khlynina

as Marfa Tuchkova

Alexandr Mizev

as officer-jailer

Petr Skvortsov

as convict

Igor Khripunov

as sekundant knyazya Reyna /

Arthur Beschastny

as steward

Nikolay Butenin

as convict

Pavel Kuzmin

as captain Liprandi

Dmitry Lysenkov

as senate official

Anatoly Kondyubov

as doctor Arndt

Nikita Kukushkin

as young sergeant

Alexandr Aravushkin

as fortress comendant