The Poet and the Tsar (1927)
Overview
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
Boris Tamarin
Baron Dantes
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
Fyodor Lopukhov
Gogol
Viktor Plotnikov
Baron Gekkeren
Nikolai Cherkasov
Charles (uncredited)
Pyotr Podvalniy
D'Archiaq (uncredited)
