Based on Boris Akunin's novel 'Azazel' (English title 'The Winter Queen') set in Moscow in 1876. The novel started a long series quite popular in Russia. In 'Azazel' a young police officer - Erast Fandorin - investigates an odd suicide of some rich young man and finds a complex conspiracy, trying to take over most European countries - from Britain to Ottoman Empire - with the best intentions, of course.
Boris Akunin | Writer |
Aleksandr Adabashyan | Director |
Nikita Mikhalkov | Producer |
Konstantin Ernst | Producer |
Pavel Lebeshev | Director of Photography |
Vladimir Dashkevich | Music |
Dzhanik Fayziev | Producer |
Sergey Titinkov | Producer |
Sergey Danielyan | Producer |
Vera Kontsova | Production Design |