The Sovereign's Servant

The Sovereign's Servant

Movie poster
Directed by Oleg Ryaskov
Produced by Eugene Kogan
Oleg Ryaskov
Written by Oleg Ryaskov
Starring Dmitry Miller
Ksenia Knyazeva
Music by Sergei S. Chekryzhov
Cinematography Dmitry Yashonkov
Distributed by Central Partnership BFT MOVIE(Russia)
Release dates
 April 2, 2007
Running time
 127 min
Language Russian, French, Swedish
Budget $6.6 million

The Sovereign's Servant (Russian: Слуга государев, Sluga Gosudarev) is a 2007 Russian war film written and directed by Oleg Ryaskov. It depicts the events of the Great Northern War, with a particular focus on the Battle of Poltava.

Plot

The action takes place at the time of the Swedish-Russian war of 1709. The King of France, Louis XIV, sends two duelists into exile: Antoine De La Bouche (Valery Malikov) is ordered to go to the camp of the King, Charles XII, of the Swedes and Charles de Brézé (Dmitry Miller) is sent to the camp of the Russian Tsar, Peter the First. Both Frenchmen face various dangers along their way. They witness the grand battle of Poltava from opposite sides. Court plots and romantic adventures stay in the past as both our milksops are plunged head first in the boiling pot of war and the horrors it brings into their lives, until they face on the Battle of Poltava.[1]

After a duel, Charles is killed in the duel by De La Bouche. Then, Tsar Peter I asks Bouche about why he was exiled to Russia. He just wonders back to the past, where he and Charles prepared to be exiled. The last scene sets back to the past, when both went to Russia.

Cast

Release[2]

The Sovereign's Servant was released in more than 20 countries,[3] including:

Box office

References

  1. ↑ "SLUGA GOSUDAREV MOVIE". 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. ↑ KinoRos
  3. ↑ IMDB
  4. ↑ Interview by Oleg Ryaskov
  5. ↑ Boxoffice in IMDB
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