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The Poet and the Tsar (1927)

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Original title
Поэт и царь
Directed by
Yevgeni Chervyakov, Vladimir Gardin
Genre
drama film, silent film, historical film, biographical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 17m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film tells the story of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and his troubled relationship with Tsar Nicholas I. It shows Pushkin's creative life and the political pressures he faced that led to his death.

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What happens

The Poet and the Tsar (Russian: Поэт и царь, romanized: Poet i tsar) is a 1927 Soviet silent biopic film directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yevgeni Chervyakov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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