The Sovereign's Servant (Russian: Слуга государев, romanized: Sluga Gosudarev) is a 2007 Russian swashbuckler film written and directed by Oleg Ryaskov, and starring Dmitry Miller, Aleksandr Bukharov, Kseniya Knyazeva, Darya Semyonova and Alexei Chadov in the lead roles. It depicts the events of the Great Northern War, with a particular focus on the Battle of Poltava.
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Directed by | Oleg Ryaskov |
Written by | Oleg Ryaskov |
Produced by | Evgeniy Kogan Oleg Ryaskov |
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Cinematography | Dmitriy Yashonkov |
Edited by | Oleg Ryaskov |
Music by | Sergey Chekryzhov Andrey Pisklov |
Production company | Beta Film TV |
Distributed by | Kaskad film |
Release date | February 22, 2007 |
Running time | 131 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Languages | Russian, French, Swedish |
Budget | $ 6.6 million |
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.
The Sovereign's Servant[2] was released in more than 20 countries,[3] including: Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Israel.[4]