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.
Aleksandr Pushkin
Natalie Pushkina
Nikolas the I'st
Baron Dantes
Vyasemskiy
Nikita
Baron Benkendorf
Zhukovskiy
Danzas
Bulgarin
Dal
Poletika
Krylov
Yekaterina, Nathalie's sister
Aleksandra, Nathalie's sister
Gogol
Baron Gekkeren
Smirnova-Rosset
Charles (uncredited)
D'Archiaq (uncredited)
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The Empress (uncredited)
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