The Duelist

(2016)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 104 votes

Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama

Year: 2016

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Russia

Director: Алексей Мизгирёв

Cast: Пётр Фёдоров, Владимир Машков, Franziska Petri, Мартин Вуттке, Сергей Гармаш, Юрий Колокольников, Александр Яценко, Юрий Кузнецов, Антон Кузнецов, Дмитрий Куличков

Plot

Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.