The Poet and the Tsar
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Watch the poet and the tsar on Soap2day. 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Soviet Union
- Director: Vladimir Gardin
- Cast: Yevgeni Chervyakov, Irina Volodko, Konstantin Karenin, Boris Tamarin, Leonid Tkachyov, Aleksandr Larikov, Ivan Khudoleyev, Aleksei Feona, Gennadi Michurin, Ivan Lerskiy, Yevgeni Boronikhin, Zoya Valevskaya, Anatoli Nelidov, Olga Spirova, Yelizaveta Roziner, Fyodor Lopukhov, Viktor Plotnikov, Mariya Dobrova, Nikolai Cherkasov, Pyotr Podvalniy, Alexandra Trishko,
