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.
Released in 2005, The Turkish Gambit is a mystery, adventure and action film from Studio Trite (Russia). It was directed by Dzhanik Fayziev and written by Boris Akunin. The cast is led by Egor Beroev, Olga Krasko, Marat Basharov, Vladimir Ilin and Dmitriy Pevtsov. With a runtime of 2h 10m, the film averages 6.4/10 across 96 TMDB ratings. It was made on a budget of $4,000,000 and went on to gross $18,520,000 worldwide.
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