Spy (2012 Russian film)

Spy
Directed by Alexey Andrianov[1]
Produced by Leonid Vereshchagin
Sergey Shumakov
Written by Boris Akunin
Vladimir Valutskiy
Starring Danila Kozlovsky
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Vladimir Epifantsev
Viktor Verzhbitsky
Dmitry Nazarov
Music by Yuri Poteyenko
Cinematography Denis Alarcon-Ramirez
Production
company
Studio TriTe
Telekanal Rossiya
Release date
  • April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)
[2]
Running time
 100 minutes [3]
Country Russia
Budget RUB 192 million[4]
Box office RUB 274.2 million[5]

Spy (Russian: Шпион, translit. Shpion) is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Spy Novel (Шпионский роман). It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, and starred Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history.

Plot

The movie is set in the year 1941, months before the German invasion of Russia. The two protagonists, NKVD officers Dorin and Oktyabrsky, are hunting a German spy in Moscow. They believe their success might reveal Hitler's plans and the exact date of invasion.[1]

It is implied that Dorin is a distant relative of Erast Fandorin, the most popular character of Akunin's books.

Cast

Reception

The movie was a moderate success at the box office grossing $4,588,176(258,479,483 руб) against a budget of 192 000 000 руб.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Шпион, выйди вон, или Как Минск в очередной раз превратили в Москву
  2. ↑ Состоялась премьера долгожданного фильма «Шпион», tvkultura.ru
  3. ↑ Командир танцует танго
  4. ↑ https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/468275/
  5. ↑ https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/468275/
  6. ↑ https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/468275/


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