The Turkish Gambit (film)
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The Turkish Gambit is a 2005
Russian
film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin
's popular novel The Turkish Gambit
featuring detective Erast Fandorin
. It was directed by Dzhanik Faiziyev, and starred Yegor Beroyev, Marat Basharov
and Olga Krasko
. Akunin adapted his own novel. It has one of the largest film budgets in Russian history.
In the book, unlike the film, Fandorin did not escape by clinging to the underbelly of a carriage but was actually released by the governor of Viddin Yusuf Pasha after winning a wager.
The scene where Varvara and Fandorin flew in the balloon never took place in the book and Varvara had no role in discovering the weaknesses of the Turkish defenses.
The secene in the cave with the Lieutenant Luntz did not take place in the book. The character of the homosexual Luntz was created for the movie. The homosexual nature of Kazanzaki is never alluded to in the film. In fact, Fandorin was never once shot at by Anwar Effendi in the book.
In the book, the evidence for Colonel Lukan's involvement in treason was found on him and not in his tent like in the film.
Colonel Lukan was killed in a duel whereby sabres were used rather than pistols.
The book refers to three main failed assaults on Plevna. The film shows only two.
In the book, when Fandorin hears about Osman Pasha's plans to 'surrender' he rushes to Sobolev to urge him to attack Plevna and not to the meeting point of the Turkish 'envoys'.
In the film Fandorin went to Istanbul and showed up at the end in Turkish attire. In the book he never went to Istanbul and arrived wearing European clothing.
The film mentions the Turkish spy Enver Pasha who was not born until 1881.
In an opening scene, in the background, a Turkish man says a prayer in Turkish. He says "Long live the Turkish republic", when the Turkish Republic had not been established at this time.
2005 in film
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Cinema of Russia
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film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili , a Russian writer. He is an essayist, literary translator and writer of detective fiction.-Life and career:...
's popular novel The Turkish Gambit
The Turkish Gambit
The Turkish Gambit is the second novel from the Erast Fandorin series of historical detective novels by Russian author Boris Akunin. It was published in Russia in 1998...
featuring detective Erast Fandorin
Erast Fandorin
Erast Petrovich Fandorin is a fictional 19th-century Russian detective and the hero of a series of Russian historical detective novels by Boris Akunin. The first novel was published in Russia in 1998, and the latest was published in December 2009...
. It was directed by Dzhanik Faiziyev, and starred Yegor Beroyev, Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov is a Russian film actor. He has appeared in 30 films since 1994. He starred in the film The Wedding, which was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* The Barber of Siberia...
and Olga Krasko
Olga Krasko
Olga Yuriyevna Krasko is a Russian actress, born 30 November 1981, Kharkiv, Soviet Union . She has starred in Russian theater productions, and is noted that as the heroine in The Turkish Gambit , she is the only female in a lead role in that film.-Filmography:* 2001 – Četnické humoresky * 2002 –...
. Akunin adapted his own novel. It has one of the largest film budgets in Russian history.
Plot
The film takes place in Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Erast Fandorin is put on the trail of a Turkish agent who is trying to disrupt the Russian advance during the Siege of Plevna. The agent, known as Enver Efendi, is a master of disguise and has excellent command of Russian.Change from the book
Unlike the ending of the book, where French correspondent d'Hervais is exposed as being Anwar in disguise, in the film Anwar turns out to have been posing as a seemingly awkward and stupid Russian captain.In the book, unlike the film, Fandorin did not escape by clinging to the underbelly of a carriage but was actually released by the governor of Viddin Yusuf Pasha after winning a wager.
The scene where Varvara and Fandorin flew in the balloon never took place in the book and Varvara had no role in discovering the weaknesses of the Turkish defenses.
The secene in the cave with the Lieutenant Luntz did not take place in the book. The character of the homosexual Luntz was created for the movie. The homosexual nature of Kazanzaki is never alluded to in the film. In fact, Fandorin was never once shot at by Anwar Effendi in the book.
In the book, the evidence for Colonel Lukan's involvement in treason was found on him and not in his tent like in the film.
Colonel Lukan was killed in a duel whereby sabres were used rather than pistols.
The book refers to three main failed assaults on Plevna. The film shows only two.
In the book, when Fandorin hears about Osman Pasha's plans to 'surrender' he rushes to Sobolev to urge him to attack Plevna and not to the meeting point of the Turkish 'envoys'.
In the film Fandorin went to Istanbul and showed up at the end in Turkish attire. In the book he never went to Istanbul and arrived wearing European clothing.
Anachronisms
In the sniper scene of the film, the sniper uses a Model 1893 Mauser rifle, even though the film takes place in 1877-1878.The film mentions the Turkish spy Enver Pasha who was not born until 1881.
In an opening scene, in the background, a Turkish man says a prayer in Turkish. He says "Long live the Turkish republic", when the Turkish Republic had not been established at this time.