The Poet and the Tsar (1927)
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.
Directors: Vladimir Gardin, Yevgeni Chervyakov.
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Yevgeni Chervyakov as Aleksandr Pushkin |
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Irina Volodko as Natalie Pushkina |
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Konstantin Karenin as Nikolas the I'st |
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Boris Tamarin as Baron Dantes |
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Leonid Tkachyov as Vyasemskiy |
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Aleksandr Larikov as Nikita |
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Ivan Khudoleyev as Baron Benkendorf |
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Aleksei Feona as Zhukovskiy |
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Gennadi Michurin as Danzas |
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Ivan Lerskiy as Bulgarin |
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Yevgeni Boronikhin as Dal |
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Zoya Valevskaya as Poletika |
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Anatoli Nelidov as Krylov |
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Olga Spirova as Yekaterina, Nathalie's sister |
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Yelizaveta Roziner as Aleksandra, Nathalie's sister |
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Fyodor Lopukhov as Gogol |
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Viktor Plotnikov as Baron Gekkeren |
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Mariya Dobrova as Smirnova-Rosset |
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Nikolai Cherkasov as Charles (uncredited) |
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Pyotr Podvalniy as D'Archiaq (uncredited) |
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Alexandra Trishko as (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Pikok as (uncredited) |
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Raisa Mamontova as The Empress (uncredited) |
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Yevgeniya Rogulina as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Vladimir Gardin | Director |
| Directing | Yevgeni Chervyakov | Director |
| Camera | Naum Aptekman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Anatoli Arapov | Art Direction |
| Camera | Svyatoslav Belyayev | Director of Photography |
