A poet who captured Russia's soul—then lost his own to madness.
The film tells about the fate of the brilliant Russian poet Alexei Koltsov, who so romantically sang the nature of Rus', the incomparable beauty of Russian women, the incomprehensible mystery of the Russian soul.
Acting
Vershinin's unraveling as Koltsov—poetry and madness intertwined.
Production
Evocative recreation of 1830s Voronezh and aristocratic salons.
Director
Vasiliy Panin
Aleksandr Vershinin
Алексей Кольцов
Viktor Pavlov
отец Кольцова
Lyudmila Zaytseva
Пелагея Кольцова
Natalya Antonova
Варя Лебедева
Maria Glazkova
Дуняша
Lev Durov
Кашкин
Lyubov Sokolova
Мироновна
Igor Kashintsev
Жуковский
Anatoli Vasilyev
Башкирцев
Rimma Markova
тётя Лиза
Grigori Dunayev
Караев
Aristarkh Livanov
губернатор
Lyudmila Kravtsova
супруга губернатора
Aleksandr Goloborodko
Николай I
Elena Kramer
Наталья Пушкина
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Koltsov died in 1842 at 33; this was one of Russia's first biopics of a 'minor' poet, not Pushkin or Lermontov.
The film revived interest in Koltsov's folk-inspired verse, previously dismissed by Soviet critics as 'bourgeois pastoral.'
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