Azazel (film)
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Adabashyan |
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| Written by | Boris Akunin |
| Starring | Ilya Noskov Kirill Pirogov Sergej Bezrukov Oleg Basilashvili Marina Neelova Ewa Szykulska |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Agranovich |
| Running time | 204 mins |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Azazel (2002) (Russian: Азазель) is a Russian made for TV adaption of Boris Akunin's introductory 'Erast Fandorin' novel The Winter Queen.
Plot summary
This historical detective story features a young police inspector, Erast Fandorin. Fandorin’s adventures take place in the Russian Empire of the late 19th century, and he regularly finds himself at the center of key historical events, including development of Masonic and Revolutionary movements.
The hero is a young man, newly enlisted in the police force of the 1870s. This is a world with no forensic science, a rigid social structure and rigid proprieties, and police investigation techniques which respect the intuition of the intelligent amateur or newcomer. Fandorin is inexperienced, naive, downwardly mobile (the family fortune having evaporated), but cultured, intelligent, diligent, and desperately enthusiastic. He doesn't so much want to impress as want to succeed ... by a process of blind self-confidence and a youthful self-delusion that he is acting logically and scientifically. Fandorin is invited to investigate the suicide of a rich student. The young man has blown his brains out in public. How can this be suicide? Fandorin quickly exposes the murderous intrigue which has led to the death ... and opens up a can of worms which will have him crossing Europe in search of a mastermind ... or maybe even the godfathers behind a terrorist plot.
The story also contains some humor, well-paced throughout the film.
English language version
The famous Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven is set to film an English-language theatrical film remake of Azazel, with Dan Stevens set to star as Fandorin and the leading female role to be played by Milla Jovovich. This movie is expected in 2010.
External links
- Azazel (2002) at the Internet Movie Database
- Azazel (2009) at the Internet Movie Database
- Trailer and Screenshots
- Photo guide to Fandorin's places in St. Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire
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