Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding

Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage - Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal - under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having a disastrous affair in France, Ibrahim vows to never fall in love again, until he sees the daughter of a wealthy boyar. Peter the Great insists the two be married, but Ibrahim goes against the tsar's wishes, refusing to force her to marry him since she doesn't consent. When another man tries to marry her, however, Ibrahim's loyalties and generous nature are put to the test.

Cast

Vladimir Vysotsky

Ibrahim

Aleksey Petrenko

Czar Peter I

Irina Mazurkevich

Natasha Rtishcheva

Semyon Morozov

Mikhailo Govorov

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Ivan Ryzhov

Gavrila Afanasyevich Rtishchev

Mikhail Kokshenov

Sergunka Rtishchev

Evgeny Mitta

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Balakirev

Oleg Tabakov

Yeguzhinskiy