The Fall of the Empire

The Fall of the Empire (Russian: Гибель империи, romanized: Gibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005.[1][2]

The Fall of the Empire
Written by	Leonid Yuzefovich Vladimir Khotinenko
Directed by	Vladimir Khotinenko
Starring	Aleksandr Baluev Sergei Makovetsky Maria Mironova Chulpan Khamatova
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	520 min.
Release
Original network	Channel One Russia
Original release	2005 (2005) – 2005 (2005)

It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence officer Sergei Pavlovich Kostin (Aleksandr Baluev), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, who works to uncover enemy plots aided by his sidekick Ivan Karlovich Shtol'ts (Marat Basharov).