Spy (2012 Russian film)

For another 2012 film with a similar title, see The Spies (film).

Spy
Directed by	Alexey Andrianov^[1]
Produced by	Leonid Vereshchagin Sergey Shumakov
Written by	Boris Akunin Vladimir Valutskiy
Starring	Danila Kozlovsky Fyodor Bondarchuk Vladimir Epifantsev Viktor Verzhbitsky Dmitry Nazarov
Music by	Yuri Poteenko
Production company	Studio TriTe Telekanal Rossiya
Release dates	April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05) я^[2]
Running time	100 minutes ^[3]
Country	Russia

Spy (Russian: Шпион) is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Spy Novel (Шпионский роман). It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, and starred Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history.

Plot

The movie is set in the year 1941, months before the German invasion of Russia. The two protagonists, KGB officers Dorin and Oktyabrsky, are hunting a German spy in Moscow. They believe their success might reveal Hitler's plans and the exact date of invasion.^[1]

It is implied that Dorin is a distant relative of Erast Fandorin, the most popular character of Akunin's books.

References

External links

Spy at the Internet Movie Database
Official website

Works by Boris Akunin

Erast Fandorin series	The Winter Queen The Turkish Gambit Murder on the Leviathan The Death of Achilles Special Assignments The State Counsellor The Coronation She Lover of Death He Lover of Death The Diamond Chariot Jade Rosary Beads All the World's a Stage The Black City

Nicholas Fandorin series	Altyn Tolobas Extracurricular Reading F.M. Falcon and Swallow

Sister Pelagia series	Pelagia and the White Bulldog Pelagia and the Black Monk Pelagia and the Red Rooster

The Genres Project	The Children's Book The Spy Novel Science Fiction Quest

Bruderschaft with Death series	An Infant and a Deamon The Torment of a Broken Heart The Flying Elephant The Children of the Moon

Other works	Comedy/Tragedy Fairy Tales for Idiots The Seagull Yin and Yang

Adaptation	Azazel (2002) The Turkish Gambit (2005) The State Counsellor (2005) Pelagia and the White Bulldog (2009) The Winter Queen (2012) Spy (2012) The Diamond Chariot (2014) Bellona (2014) The Decorator (2014)

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