A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. The main character of the film is Prince Stepan Kasatsky, an officer, an ardent, proud young man — a big fan of the tsar. Kasatsky is going to marry, but at the last moment he learns from the bride that she was the mistress of the emperor. The prince is deeply disappointed in social life, he takes a monastic vow and leaves the capital. Faith in God was to save the soul, but passions and worldly temptations don't leave Kasatsky.
Igor Talankin | Director |
Igor Talankin | Writer |
Igor Mayorov | Sound |
Georgi Rerberg | Director of Photography |
Igor Shtanko | Camera Operator |
Alfred Schnittke | Original Music Composer |
Anatoliy Nikolayev | Director of Photography |
Viktor Petrov | Production Design |
Yuri Fomenko | Production Design |
Leo Tolstoy | Novel |