The Last Road
| The Last Road | |
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| Russian: Последняя дорога | |
| Directed by | Leonid Menaker |
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| Cinematography | Vladimir Kovzel |
| Music by | Andrei Petrov |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Last Road (Russian: Последняя дорога) is a 1986 Soviet historical romance film directed by Leonid Menaker.[1][2][3]
Plot
The film tells about the last days of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The film tries to answer the questions: Who is to blame for the death of Pushkin and for what did he fight in a duel?[4]
Cast
- Yuri Khomutyansky as Alexander Pushkin
- Alexander Kalyagin as Vasily Zhukovsky
- Vadim Medvedev as Pyotr Vyazemsky
- Irina Kupchenko as Vera Vyazemskaya
- Yelena Karadzhova as Natalia Goncharova
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Baron Jacob van Heeckeren tot Enghuizen
- Gediminas Storpirstis as Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
- Andrey Myagkov as L. V. Dubbelt
- Anna Kamenkova as Alexandra Goncharova
- Sergey Sazontyev as Konstantin Danzas
- Vyacheslav Yezepov as Alexander Turgenev[5]
- Albert Filozov as Sergey Uvarov
- Ivan Krasko as captain Rakeyev
- Sergey Zhigunov as cornet Chicherin
- Mikhail Gluzsky as podpolkovnik Shishkin
- Oļģerts Kroders as Karl Nesselrode
- Rimma Markova as Maria Nesselrode
- Petr Shelokhonov as Stefanovich
- Valery Doronin as Nicholas I of Russia
- Viktor Bychkov as Pavel, servant
- Yuri Stoyanov as d'Anthès' friend (uncredited)