The Turkish Gambit
2005 · 130 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 4,939 VOTES · DIR. Dzhanik Fayziev
Overview
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion.
Dialogue Timeline — 683 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:21 - Run! - Leave it, Listvitsky, you'll just make things worse...
00:08:16 It's no less than 160 km from Vidin to Pleven...
00:14:18 - Get on the donkey. - The hell I will!
00:19:22 - Let me introduce Madame Suvorova. She is secretly heading to her fiancé at the camp.
00:22:42 Arrived yesterday. Entered my duties immediately.
00:26:36 "A cruise around the globe is nothing compared to the trip we take together."
00:30:19 - So many stars...
00:35:14 - You're in the army, not at a spa, Mr. Volunteer. Tidy up!
00:38:50 - Who brought the message?! The name! Give me the name! - I don't know him...
00:43:19 - Oh, no... These are Anwar-effendi's bodyguards...
00:48:26 At the club - one. In the field - two. What could he hear about Pleven?
00:53:32 Hussar's word of honor! Come on! It's no risk for you. There are about 30 men inside.
00:58:42 Holy Mother!.. God, save us!..
01:03:05 - ...I brought presents for everyone - personal flasks! With gilded monograms! Erast is away again, son of a bitch...
01:08:03 - It's treason, Varvara Andreyevna. - What treason?
01:11:39 - Where? Why? - It's vital we send a telegram to Miss Suvorova.
01:16:53 - Damn.
01:22:57 As far as the lost messenger is concerned... - Our best men are investigating the case.
01:31:12 - I'm here... b-b-because I need your help. - Of course! Anything!
01:38:45 - Have they found McLaughlin? - Not a trace...
01:43:55 We've waited for eight hours already... - Sorry, Your Excellency, but the train is not here yet.
01:46:56 Then you cunningly killed him as well.
01:51:07 - Who? - What.
03:04:05 - Impossible. Destroyed according to regulations.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed683
Dialogue density5.3 lines / min
First line00:03:21
Final line03:04:05
Production Record
DirectorDzhanik Fayziev
LanguageRussian
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$18,520,000
IMDb votes4,939