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. The officer attempts to save his life by marrying Natalia’s sister Ekaterina. Returning from his country estate, Pushkin receives anonymous letters and insists on a duel with D’Anthès.
Cast
Yevgeni Chervyakov
Aleksandr Pushkin
Irina Volodko
Natalie Pushkina
Konstantin Karenin
Nikolas the I'st
Boris Tamarin
Baron Dantes
L. Tkachyov
Vyasemskiy
Ye. Roziner
Aleksandra, Nathalie's sister
Aleksei Feona
Zhukovskiy
Ivan Lerskiy
Bulgarin
Aleksandr Larikov
Nikita
Olga Spirova
Yekaterina, Nathalie's sister
Ivan Khudoleyev
Baron Benkendorf
Zoya Valevskaya
Poletika
Anatoli Nelidov
Krylov
Fyodor Lopukhov
Gogol
Gennadi Michurin
Danzas
Yevgeniya Rogulina
Unknown
Mariya Dobrova
Smirnova-Rosset
