The Duelist(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.

Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama

Director: Aleksey Mizgiryov

Actors: Pyotr Fyodorov, Vladimir Mashkov, Yuliya Khlynina, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Aleksandr Mizev, Sergey Nevidimov, Vladimir Panichev, Vadim Pavlenko, Franziska Petri, Aleksandra Serebryakova

Release date: 2016-09-29

Country of origin: Russian Federation

Length: 1h 50m

Ratings:

• 6.4/10
• 43%
• 55/100