Spy

The Spy is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Spy Novel (Шпионский роман). It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, the film stars Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history. Plot The movie is set in the year 1941, months before the German invasion of Russia. The two protagonists, NKVD officers Dorin and Oktyabrsky, are hunting a German Abwehr spy in Moscow. They believe their success might reveal Adolf Hitler's plans and the exact date of invasion. It is implied that Dorin is a distant relative of Erast Fandorin, the most popular character of Akunin's books. Cast Danila Kozlovsky as Yegor Dorin, State Security Officer Fyodor Bondarchuk as Alexey Oktyabrsky, Senior Major of State Security, Head of Dorin Anna Chipovskaya as Nadezhda 'Nadya' Viktoriya Tolstoganova as Iraida Petrakovich Sergey Gazarov as People's Commissar Vladimir Epifantsev as senior security lieutenant Kogan Andrey Merzlikin as radio operator Karpenko Viktor Verzhbitsky as Lezhava, a member of the NKVD Ekaterina Melnik as Lyubov Serova Dmitry Nazarov as Nadya's dad Mikhail Filippov as Leader Oleksiy Gorbunov as Selentsov, Vasser's Connector Boris Kamorzin as Lyalin, chauffeur of the NKVD Alexander Kuznetsov as NKVD officer Eckie Hoffman as Adolf Hitler Edgar Bölke as Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Felix Schultess as driver of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Maksim Maltsev as Golovasty