Father Sergius (1978)

3.4/10 • 99 min • Drama

Overview

Prince Stepan Kasatsky is an officer, an ardent, proud young man, and a big fan of the tsar. Kasatsky is going to marry, but at the last moment he learns from the bride that she was the mistress of the emperor. The prince is deeply disappointed in social life, he takes a monastic vow and leaves the capital. Faith in God was to save the soul, but passions and worldly temptations don't leave Kasatsky.

Cast

Sergei Bondarchuk

Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius

Valentina Titova

Mary Korotkova

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Nicholas I

Nikolai Gritsenko

general

Boris Ivanov

hegumen

Ivan Lapikov

old man on the ferry

Ivan Solovyov

bishop Nikodim

Lyudmila Maksakova

Makovkina

Georgi Burkov

merchant

Olga Anokhina

merchant's daughter

Alla Demidova

Pashenka

Irina Skobtseva

lady at the ball

Aleksandr Belyavskiy

gentleman on the ferry

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky

director of the cadet corps

Eduard Izotov

lawyer

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