The Turkish Gambit (2006)
Original title: Турецкий гамбит
The Turkish Gambit is a 2006 Russian-language action & adventure series created by Dzhanik Fayziev. It stars Egor Beroev, Olga Krasko and Aleksandr Baluev.
Titular Advisor Erast Fandorin took part in military operations during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Being a Serbian volunteer, Erast Petrovich meets a charming young lady, Varvara Andreevna Suvorova, who is heading to the location of the Russian troops to see her fiance. With her help, Fandorin manages to unravel a complex and mysterious espionage case…
Cast
- Egor Beroev as Erast Petrovich Fandorin
- Olga Krasko as Varvara Andreevna Suvorova
- Aleksandr Baluev as General Sobolev
- Aleksandr Lykov as captain Perepyolkin
- Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Lukan - rumanian colonel
- Gosha Kutsenko as Ismail-bey
- Vladimir Ilin as Lavrentiy Arkadyevich Mizinov - general
- Daniel Olbrychski as McLaughlin - english correspondent
- Aleksey Guskov as Kazanzaki - lieutenant colonel
- Didier Bienaimé as Charles d'Evreux - french correspondent
- Marat Basharov as Mitya Gridnev - mechanic officer
- Aleksandr Oleshko as Yablokov - cryptographer