The Sovereign's Servant

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.

The Sovereign's Servant
Movie poster
Directed byOleg Ryaskov
Written byOleg Ryaskov
Produced byEvgeniy Kogan
Oleg Ryaskov
Starring
  • Dmitry Miller
  • Aleksandr Bukharov
  • Kseniya Knyazeva
  • Darya Semyonova
  • Alexei Chadov
  • Valeriy Malikov
  • Nikolai Chindyajkin
CinematographyDmitriy Yashonkov
Edited byOleg Ryaskov
Music bySergey Chekryzhov
Andrey Pisklov
Production
companies
BFT Movie
Beta Film TV
Distributed byCascade film
Release dates
February 22, 2007 (Theatrical Edition)
August 18, 2022 (Direcor Cut)
Running time
131 minutes (Theatrical Edition)
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian, French, Swedish
Budget$ 6.6 million

Plot

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.

Cast

Release

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]

A Director Cut was released on August 18, 2022.

Box office
  • Fees in Russia - 6.800.000 $US (theaters, TV and DVD)[5]
  • 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)

References
  1. "SLUGA GOSUDAREV MOVIE". 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. KinoRos Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. IMDB
  4. Interview by Oleg Ryaskov Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Boxoffice in IMDB
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