
160 minutes
2/18/1969
A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed “vazir mukhtar” in his position as Russia's ambassador to Tehran.

Vladimir Retsepter
as Alexander Griboyedov

Sergei Yursky
as Alexander Pushkin

Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Pyotr Chaadayev

Nikolai Korn
as Alexey Yermolov

Nikolay Trofimov
as Faddey Bulgarin

Natalya Tenyakova
as Lenhen Bulgarina
Galina Mikryukova
as Nina Chavchavadze, Griboyedov's wife

Vadim Medvedev
as Nicholas I

Vladimir Tatosov
as Count Nesselrode

Boris Ryzhukhin
as Konstantin Rodofinikin

Anatoliy Shvederskiy
as Dr. McNeal

Vladimir Kozlov
as Sashka Gribov, Griboyedov's servant

Sergey Dreyden
as Osip Senkovsky

Vladimir Zamanskiy
as Ivan Maltsev

Grigoriy Gay
as Dr. Adelung

Oleg Basilashvili
as Ivan Burtsev

Pavel Pankov
as General Sipyagin

Izil Zabludovskiy
as Aleksandr Berstel

Yevgeni Lebedev
as Count Paskevich
Nina Skomorokhova
as Katya Teleshova

Sergei Karnovich-Valua
as Colonel

Valeri Karavayev
as Nil Kozhevnikov
Inessa Kirillova
as Countess Yeliza

Efim Kopelyan

Georgiy Shtil
Lyudmila Sapozhnikova