Overview

In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastry shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, who soon starts sharing his feelings. They decide to get married and, in order to finance the wedding, Dimitri goes back to Russia to sell his family estate. Unfortunately he falls prey to a seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna, who pretends to be willing to buy his land to come nearer him. Now Sanin is in a fix: should he choose the pure Gemma or the evil but irresistible Maria?

Top Cast

Timothy Hutton

Dimitri Sanin

Nastassja Kinski

Maria Nikolaevna Polozov

Valeria Golino

Gemma Rosselli

William Forsythe

Prince Ippolito Polozov

Pietro Bontempo

Man With Glasses

Jerzy Skolimowski

Wiktor Wiktorowicz

Xavier Maly

Pulcinella

Urbano Barberini

Baron Von Doenhof

Francesca De Sapio

Mrs. Rosselli

Jacques Herlin

Pantaleone

Antonio Cantafora

Richter

Krzysztof Janczar

Klueber