Movie

The Poet and the Tsar

★ 6.4/10 · 5 votes 1927 1h 35m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

Yevgeni Chervyakov Aleksandr Pushkin Irina Volodko Natalie Pushkina K Konstantin Karenin Nikolas the I'st Boris Tamarin Baron Dantes L Leonid Tkachyov Vyasemskiy Aleksandr Larikov Nikita