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The Turkish Gambit
64%
Movie
2h 10m
AI Analysis
The Turkish Gambit (2005) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Turkish Gambit (2005) — a movie tagged as Mystery, Adventure, and Action with cerebral, tense, and epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 possib… Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~130 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Turkish Gambit 64% (91 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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The Turkish Gambit suits viewers who want a cerebral and tense film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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TMDb audience score
64%
from 91 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2005-02-22
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 53129
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What is The Turkish Gambit about?
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-Tur... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Turkish Gambit?
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How long is the movie The Turkish Gambit?
The official runtime for The Turkish Gambit is approximately 130 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Egor Beroev
Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Olga Krasko
Varvara Suvorova
Marat Basharov
Mitya Gridnev
Vladimir Ilin
general Lavrentiy Mizinov
Dmitriy Pevtsov
count Ippolit Zurov
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
colonel Lukan
Aleksandr Baluev
general Mikhail Sobolev
Aleksey Guskov
lieutenant colonel Kazanaki
Gosha Kutsenko
Ismail
Andrey Krasko
corporal
Leonid Kuravlyov
major
Sergey Gazarov
governor Vidina
Viktor Bychkov
cornet
Velimir Velev
Anvar
Evgeniy Lazarev
Aleksandr II
Aleksandr Lykov
Perepyolkin
Didier Bienaimé
Charles D'evreux
Daniel Olbrychski
McLaughlin
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