''Double Identity'' is a 2009 American

crime thriller Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

film directed by Dennis Dimster and starring

Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with ''Top Secret!'' (1984) and ''Real Genius'' (1985), as well as the military action film ...

and

Izabella Miko Izabella Miko (born Izabella Anna Mikołajczak; 21 January 1981) is a Polish actress, dancer, film producer, and environmental activist. She is best known for starring in the film ''Coyote Ugly'' and the music videos "Mr. Brightside" and "Miss ...

, originally titled ''Fake Identity''. It was released in early 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray.

Plot

An American doctor, Dr. Nicholas Pinter (Val Kilmer), working in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

for Doctors Beyond Borders, is mistakenly identified as a secret agent by the Russian mob. He escapes a close brush with death and is then rescued by the

British Secret Service The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...

and a beautiful but mysterious woman named Katrine (Izabella Miko). His life dramatically changes when he helps this mysterious woman escape from her would-be assailant.

Cast

as Dr. Nicholas Pinter \ John Charter *

as Katrine *

Julian Wadham Julian Neil Rohan Wadham (born 7 August 1958) is an English actor of stage, film and television. He was educated at Ampleforth College and the Central School of Speech and Drama, third son of Rohan Nicholas Wadham DFC and Juliana Wadham, née ...

as Sterling *

Hristo Shopov Hristo Naumov Shopov ( bg, Христо Наумов Шопов; born 4 January 1964) is a Bulgarian actor. Shopov's father, Naum Shopov, was a famous Bulgarian actor as well. He is most noted for his 2004 portrayal of Pontius Pilate in Mel Gi ...

as Serik Doulov * Michael Cronin as Allen Jacob *

Valentine Pelka Valentine Pelka (born 23 February 1956) is an English actor who has starred in film and on television. Biography Pelka was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, to a Polish civil engineer father and an Irish actress mother, and attende ...

as Matthew Murdoch *

Valentin Ganev Valentin Atanassov Ganev ( bg, Валентин Атанасов Ганев; born April 7, 1956) is a Bulgarian theatre and film actor and theatre director. Career Born in Ruse, Bulgaria, Ganev graduated from the All Russian State Institute for ...

as Ludvik Seifert * Rushi Vidinliev as Agent Finney *

Zahari Baharov Zahari Emilov Baharov ( bg, Захари Емилов Бахаров; born August 12, 1980) is a Bulgarian actor, best known for portraying the roles of Moth in '' Zift'' (2008), Ivo Andonov in the BNT series ''Undercover'' (2011–2016), and Lo ...

as Alexander * Velislav Pavlov as Aslan * Emil Markov as Detective * Stanislav Pishtalov as General Lebedev * Yulian Vergov as Victor Krastev * Jeremy Zimmerman as Agent Davies * Yavor Baharov as Agent Bouquet * Raicho Vasilev as George Walther * Kenneth Hughes as Mr. Pimstone * Asen Blatechki as Bodyguard * Daniel Perrone as Dr. Paulo Ivanov * Harry Anichkin as Minister Vadim Abilov * Nickolay Hadjimenov as Malik Gelayev * Vladimir Kolev as Interrogation Detective

References

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* * 2009 films American crime thriller films Films set in 1992 2009 crime thriller films Films shot in Bulgaria Films set in Bulgaria 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{crime-thriller-film-stub