''The Sovereign's Servant'' () is a 2007 Russian

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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 In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...

, with a particular focus on the

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Plot

The action takes place at the time of the Swedish-Russian war of 1709. The King of France,

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, 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 () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House 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 took place 8 July 1709, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. The Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated the Swedish army commanded by Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld. The battle would l ...

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

. 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 Charles 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 as Polish Coaching Inn Keep * Andrey Sukhov as

Peter the Great Peter I (, ; – ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...

* Vladislav Demchenko as Prince Philipp * Dmitry Shilyayev as

King Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monar ...

* 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 * Mariya Kozhevnikova as maidservant * Yulia Mayboroda as maidservant * Evgeny Menshov as usher

Release

''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)

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