Overview

1829. Tired of being secretly watched by the chief of police Benckendorff, Pushkin leaves imperial St. Petersburg and heads to the Caucasus to join the army. He stops in Tiflis, waiting for permission to enter the war zone. Pushkin gets invited to the house of one of the Georgian princes. The poet is surrounded by honor and attention. Here Pushkin becomes acquainted with the wonderful Georgian songs and poems of Shota Rustaveli.

Top Cast

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Dmitriy Zhuravlyov

Alexander Pushkin

Serafim Azanchevskiy

Paskevich

Konstantin Khokhlov

Nurtsev

Georgiy Sochevko

Chernishev

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G. Ryzhov

Rayevsky

Lev Kolesov

Buturlin

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Pavel Andreyev

Garsevan

Aleksandra Toidze

Maro

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Marya Ladlina

Vladimir Sladkopevtsev

Mishchenko

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Nikolay Kondratyev

Cossack

Vyacheslav Volkov

Ivantsov