The Sovereign's Servant

The Sovereign's Servant (Слуга государев) 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.

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.

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
 * Aleksandr Bukharov (actor) as Grigoriy Voronov
 * Kseniya Knyazeva 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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)