How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor

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How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor

Directed by	Alexander Mitta
Written by	Yuli Dunsky Valeri Frid Aleksandr Mitta
Starring	Vladimir Vysotsky Aleksei Petrenko Ivan Ryzhov Irina Mazurkevich Mikhail Kokshenov Yevgeni Mitta
Cinematography	Valeri Shuvalov
Edited by	Z. Karpukhina Nadezhda Veselyovskaya
Music by	Alfred Schnittke
Production company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (Russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил, Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil) is a 1976 musical film directed by the Russian filmmaker Alexander Mitta. The film features Vladimir Vysotsky as the protagonist Abram Petrovich Gannibal, the African godson of Peter the Great. Also starring in the film are Aleksei Petrenko as Czar Peter, and Irina Mazurkevich as Natasha Rtishcheva.^[1] It is an adaptation of the book The Moor of Peter the Great by Gannibal's great-grandson Alexander Pushkin, written in 1827 and published in 1837. The music for the film was written by the composer Alfred Schnittke. In 1976, the film was the sixth most popular film in the Soviet Union, being seen 33,100,000 times.

Plot

The beginning of the film contains some animations depicting Abram's acquisition from his native land and eventually we find him in the courts of Paris. He gets himself in trouble when a French countess, whom he had romances with, bears a black child. Abram is challenged to a duel which is played out humorously in a sped up timeframe. He leaves Paris shortly thereafter to return to his home in St. Petersburg where his godfather, and czar of Russia Peter the Great enthusiastically awaits his return. Upon arriving Abram expresses he is done with love, as his lover denounces him as a savage and his son is never fated to know his father. In an attempt to help Abram, as well as tie him into the nobility of Russia, Peter announces Abram and Natasha Rtishcheva are to be wed, to the despair of the family and her current suitor. Abram, however, refuses the marriage on the grounds that he believes Natasha is in love with another. This angers the czar who in turn begins to alienate both Abram and Natasha's family from his favor. The conundrum plays out in humorous and dramatic ways and eventually resolves in a pleasant and light-hearted manner.

Cast

Vladimir Vysotsky as Abram Petrovich Gannibal
Aleksei Petrenko as Peter the Great
The Rtishchevs:
- Ivan Ryzhov as Gavrilo Afanasievich Rtishchev
- Irina Mazurkevich as Natasha Rtishcheva
- Mikhail Kokshenov as Sergunka Rtishchev
- Yevgeny Mitta as Vanechka Rtishchev
Semyon Morozov as Mishka Govorov
Valeri Zolotukhin as Filka
Mikhail Gluzsky as Jester Balakirev
Oleg Tabakov as Pavel Ivanovich Yaguzhinski

References

^ "IMDb movie cast and overview". IMDb.

External links

How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor at IMDb

v t e Films by Alexander Mitta
My Friend, Kolka! (1961) No Fear, No Blame (1962) They're Calling, Open the Door (1965) Shine, Shine, My Star (1970) Point, Point, Comma... (1972) Moscow, My Love (1974) How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) Air Crew (1979) The Story of Voyages (1982) A Step (1988) Lost in Siberia (1991) Chagall — Malevich (2014)

v t e Alfred Schnittke
List of compositions
Stage works	Historia von D. Johann Fausten Life with an Idiot
Orchestral music	Symphony No. 0 Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 (St. Florian) Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 (Concerto Grosso No. 4) Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 In Memoriam...
Concertante	Concerto Grosso No. 1 Concerto Grosso No. 3 Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra Viola Concerto Violin Concerto No. 4
Chamber music	Piano Quintet
Vocal music	Nagasaki
Collaborations	Requiem of Reconciliation
Film scores	Introduction to Life (1963) Adventures of a Dentist (1965) Commissar (1967) The Glass Harmonica (1968) Sport, Sport, Sport (1970) Belorussian Station (1971) You and Me (1971) The Seagull (1972) Autumn (1974) Agony (1975) How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) The Ascent (1977) Story of an Unknown Actor (1977) Father Sergius (1978) Little Tragedies (1979) Air Crew (1980) Farewell (1983) The Story of Voyages (1983) Dead Souls (1984) A Step (1988) Presence (1992) The Master and Margarita (1994)
Related articles	Curse of the ninth Polystylism
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