''The Sovereign's Servant'' (russian: Слуга государев, 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
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...
, with a particular focus on the
Battle of Poltava
The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeat ...
.
Plot
The action takes place at the time of the Swedish-Russian war of 1709. The King of France,
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Ver ...
, sends two duelists into exile: Antoine De La Bouche ( Valery Malikov) is ordered to go to the camp of the King,
Charles XII
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of ...
, 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
The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeat ...
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
The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeat ...
.
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.
Cast
* Dmitry Miller as Sharl de Breze
* as Grigoriy Voronov
* as Sharlotta de Monterras
* Darya Semyonova as Anka
* Alexei Chadov as Angie
* Valeriy Malikov as Antoine de La Bouche
*
Nikolai Chindyajkin
Nikolai Dmitrievich Chindyajkin (russian: Николай Дмитриевич Чиндяйкин) is a Russian actor and theatre director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1985), People's Artist of Russia (2013).Peter the Great
* Vladislav Demchenko as Prince Philipp
* Dmitry Shilyayev as King Louis XIV
* Andrey Ryklin as Alexander Menshikov
* Rodion Yurin as Count de Guiche
* Yelena Plaksina as Praskoviya
* Ivan Shibanov as Marquise von Shomberg
* Olga Artngoltz as Marquise Gretchen von Shomberg
* Eduard Flerov as
King Charles XII
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of t ...
''The Sovereign's Servant'' was released in more than 20 countries, including:
Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Israel.
A Director Cut was released on August 18, 2022.
Box office
* Fees in Russia - 6.800.000 $US (theaters, TV and DVD)Boxoffice in IMDB /ref>
* Fees in the World - 5.100.000 $US (theaters, TV and DVD)
* Fees total of - 11.900.000 $US (theaters, TV and DVD)
* The budget is - 6.600.000 $US
* Advertising - 2.700.000 $US (Russia)
* Copies - 385 (Russia)