The Captivating Star of Happiness
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In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
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Vladislav Strzhelchik
as граф Лаваль
Vasiliy Livanov
as Император Николай I
Igor Dmitriev
as Людвиг Лебцельтерн, граф, австрийский посланник в Петербурге
Yuriy Solovyov
as слуга в доме Раевских
Yury Shepelev
Vadim Nikitin
as И.И. Пущин
Aleksey Batalov
as Князь Трубецкой
Oleg Yankovskiy
as Кондратий Рылеев
Ewa Szykulska
Mikhail Boyarskiy
as декабрист Вольф
Boryslav Brondukov
as солдат с известием об аресте
E. Kharkevich
as гостья
Marina Yurasova
as дама на венчании (нет в титрах)
Oleg Strizhenov
as Князь Волконский
Natalya Bondarchuk
as Княгиня Волконская
Igor Kostolevskiy
as Иван Анненков
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
as Павел Пестель
Yuri Rodionov
as Сергей Муравьёв-Апостол
Tatyana Okunevskaya
as графиня Лаваль
Mikhail Kokshenov
as Никитка, слуга Анненковой-старшей
Eleonora Aleksandrova
Irina Kupchenko
as Княгиня Трубецкая
Oleg Dal
as начальник караула в Петропавловской крепости
Vladimir Markov
as Яблоновский (нет в титрах)
Natalya Golovko
as жена декабриста
