Father Sergius (1978)
1h 39m | PG-13
A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. The main character of the film is Prince Stepan Kasatsky, an officer, an ardent, proud young man — a big fan of the tsar. Kasatsky is going to marry, but at the last moment he learns from the bride that she was the mistress of the emperor. The prince is deeply disappointed in social life, he takes a monastic vow and leaves the capital. Faith in God was to save the soul, but passions and worldly temptations don't leave Kasatsky.
Director: Igor Talankin
Studio: Mosfilm
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Sergey Bondarchuk
as Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius
Valentina Titova
as Mary Korotkova
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Nicholas I
Nikolai Gritsenko
as general
Boris Ivanov
as hegumen
Ivan Lapikov
as old man on the ferry