The Poet and the Tsar

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.

• Director: Vladimir Gardin
• Cast: Yevgeni Chervyakov, Irina Volodko, Konstantin Karenin, Boris Tamarin, Leonid Tkachyov, Aleksandr Larikov, Ivan Khudoleyev, Aleksei Feona