The film recreates episodes from the December Uprising of 1825. Against the backdrop of the uprising, a love story unfolds between the Decembrist Annenkov and Polina Gebl.
as Aleksandr I
as Nikolay I
as Polina Gjebl
as Ivan Annenkov
as Prince Trubetskoy
as Ryleev
as Prince Obolenskiy
as Yakobi, Annenkov's relative
as Tsarevich Konstantin
as Aleksandr Bestuzhev
as Annenkova
as Pestel
as Kakhovskiy
as Princess Trubetskaya
as Natalya Ryleyeva
as Annenkov's estate bailiff
as Nikolka, lackey
as Yakubovich
as Commander of Preobrazhenskiy regiment
as Stremoukhov
as Teleshova, ballerina
as Simakov
as Tsarevich Konstantin's wife (uncredited)
as Gambler from Penza (uncredited)
as Annenkova's lackey
as Peasant (uncredited)
as Servant (uncredited)
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