The Poet and the Tsar(1927)

movie - first aired/released 1927-09-20 - 95 min - audience 6.4

Drama

Directed by Vladimir Gardin, Yevgeni Chervyakov

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.