The Poet and the Tsar

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Yevgeni Chervyakov

Aleksandr Pushkin

Irina Volodko

Natalie Pushkina

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Konstantin Karenin

Nikolas the I'st

Boris Tamarin

Baron Dantes

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Leonid Tkachyov

Vyasemskiy

Aleksandr Larikov

Nikita

Ivan Khudoleyev

Baron Benkendorf

Aleksei Feona

Zhukovskiy

Gennadi Michurin

Danzas

Ivan Lerskiy

Bulgarin