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.

• Aleksei MizgiryovDirector
• Aleksei MizgiryovWriter
• Igor VdovinOriginal Music Composer

• Pyotr FyodorovYakovlev
• Vladimir MashkovEarl Beklemishev
• Franziska PetriAleksandra Iosifovna
• Martin WuttkeGerman Baron
• Sergey GarmashOne-armed nobleman
• Yuri KolokolnikovBasargin
• Aleksandr YatsenkoYakovlev Jr.
• Yuriy KuznetsovServant
• Anton Kuznetsovmerchant, gunsmith
• Dmitriy KulichkovChichagov
• Pavel TabakovPrince Tuchkov
• Yuliya KhlyninaMarfa Tuchkova