The State Counsellor

Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but Erast Petrovich is under suspicion because the killer pretended to be Fandorin. There are initials BG on the handle of the knife Khrapov was stabbed with, the initials belong to a terrorist organization which keeps both capital cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) in fear. This time Fandorin is not the only one trying to solve the crime, general Pozharski, a famous detective takes over the investigation...

The State Counsellor is a 2005 drama mystery movie directed by Filipp Yankovskiy, starring Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov, Oleg Menshikov. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10 from 3,397 votes and runs 2h 7m.