Spy (2012 Russian film)

For another 2012 film with a similar title, see The Spies (2012 film).
The Spy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlexey Andrianov
Written byNikolay Kulikov
Boris Akunin
Vladimir Valutskiy
Based onThe Spy Novel (ru)
by Boris Akunin
Produced by
  • Leonid Vereshchagin
  • Sergey Shumakov
  • Maria Ushakova
  • Aleksandr Utkin
Starring
CinematographyDenis Alarcon-Ramirez
Edited by
  • Yaroslav Mochalov
  • Luca Paracels (TV version)
Music byYuri Poteyenko
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05) (Russia)
Running time
99 minutes
164 minutes (TV version)
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
BudgetRUB 192 million
$60 million
Box officeRUB 274.2 million
$4.903.665[1]

The Spy (Russian: Шпион, romanized: Shpion) 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.[2][3][4]

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  2. ^ "Состоялась премьера долгожданного фильма "Шпион"" [The premiere of the long-awaited film The Spy]. Russia-K (in Russian). April 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Kichin, Valeriy (April 6, 2012). "Командир танцует танго" [Commander dancing tango]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Шпион / The Spy". KinoPoisk (in Russian).