Poor, Poor Pavel (2003)

Plot Summary

Lenfilm's most recent major production spins a kind of historical fantasy based on real incidents that's full of ominous implications for today. One night, a patrol rushes into the chambers of the Russian prince Pavel, son of the Empress Catherine; the Empress has died, and Pavel is to be anointed the new Tsar. Thought to be feeble-minded at best and crazy at worst, Pavel soon lives up to his enemies' fears: he dismisses long-serving courtiers, demands that peasants only work three days a week, and declares that state officials should start their days at 5 am. Soon, it seems that everyone who can is trying to hatch some kind of plot against him - including his own sons. Sumptuously designed, POOR POOR PAVEL constrasts the imperial splendor of the court with the sordid atmosphere of conspiracies and backstabbing that comes to define these characters' lives.

Full Cast & Characters

Viktor Sukhorukov

Emperor Pavel the First

Oleg Yankovskiy

Count Palen

Oksana Mysina

Empress Mariya Fyodorovna

Aleksey Barabash

Aleksandr

Anna Molchanova

Yelizaveta

Yuliya Mavrina

Lopukhina

Igor Shibanov

Kutaisov

Yevgeni Karpov

Konstantin

Vadim Lobanov

Bezborodko

Vera Karpova

Baroness Livsi

Aleksandr Grigoryants

Brenna

Dmitriy Sutyrin

Yashvil

Director & Crew

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