The Poet and the Tsar
Directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov
Plot
Tsar Nicholas I is enamoured by Natalia, the wife of Alexander Pushkin. To cover his tracks, the tsar encourages the suit of Georges d'Anthès, a French officer, with the help of Count Alexander von Benckendorff. Pushkin hears rumours of D’Anthès’s love for his wife and challenges him to a duel.
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Cast
Yevgeni Chervyakov
Aleksandr Pushkin
Irina Volodko
Natalie Pushkina
Konstantin Karenin
Nikolas the I'st
Boris Tamarin
Baron Dantes
Leonid Tkachyov
Vyasemskiy
Aleksandr Larikov
Nikita
Ivan Khudoleyev
Baron Benkendorf
Aleksei Feona
Zhukovskiy
Gennadi Michurin
Danzas
Ivan Lerskiy
Bulgarin
Yevgeni Boronikhin
Dal
Zoya Valevskaya
Poletika
Anatoli Nelidov
Krylov
Olga Spirova
Yekaterina, Nathalie's sister
Yelizaveta Roziner
Aleksandra, Nathalie's sister