Father Sergius

Synopsis

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.

Top Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk

Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius

Valentina Titova

Mary Korotkova

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Nicholas I

Nikolai Gritsenko

general

Boris Ivanov

hegumen

Ivan Lapikov

old man on the ferry

Ivan Solovyov

bishop Nikodim

Lyudmila Maksakova

Makovkina