Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding (1976)
Overview
Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage - Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal - under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having a disastrous affair in France, Ibrahim vows to never fall in love again, until he sees the daughter of a wealthy boyar. Peter the Great insists the two be married, but Ibrahim goes against the tsar's wishes, refusing to force her to marry him since she doesn't consent. When another man tries to marry her, however, Ibrahim's loyalties and generous nature are put to the test.
Cast
Vladimir Vysotsky
Ibrahim Gannibal
Aleksey Petrenko
Czar Peter I
Ivan Ryzhov
Gavrila Afanasyevich Rtishchev
Irina Mazurkevich
Natasha Rtishcheva
Mikhail Kokshenov
Sergunka Rtishchev
Evgeny Mitta
Vanyechka Rtishchev
Semyon Morozov
Govorov
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Filka
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Balakirev
Oleg Tabakov
Yeguzhinskiy
Aleksandr Barushnoy
Vladimir Kashpur
Vasiliy Kornukov
Yuri Komarov
Valentina Klyagina
Vladimir Makhov
Vladimir Menshov
Yuri Martynov
Anatoliy Obukhov
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