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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Yury Shepelev
Vadim Nikitin
as И.И. Пущин
Oleg Strizhenov
as Князь Волконский
Tatyana Okunevskaya
as графиня Лаваль
Vladimir Markov
as Яблоновский (нет в титрах)
Yuriy Solovyov
as слуга в доме Раевских
Eleonora Aleksandrova
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
as Павел Пестель
Mikhail Kokshenov
as Никитка, слуга Анненковой-старшей
Oleg Dal
as начальник караула в Петропавловской крепости
Mikhail Boyarskiy
as декабрист Вольф
Boryslav Brondukov
as солдат с известием об аресте
Natalya Golovko
as жена декабриста
Aleksey Batalov
as Князь Трубецкой
Natalya Bondarchuk
as Княгиня Волконская
Oleg Yankovskiy
as Кондратий Рылеев
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as граф Лаваль
Yuri Rodionov
as Сергей Муравьёв-Апостол
Vasiliy Livanov
as Император Николай I
Irina Kupchenko
as Княгиня Трубецкая
Igor Kostolevskiy
as Иван Анненков
Ewa Szykulska
Igor Dmitriev
as Людвиг Лебцельтерн, граф, австрийский посланник в Петербурге
E. Kharkevich
as гостья
Marina Yurasova
as дама на венчании (нет в титрах)
