A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed “vazir mukhtar” in his position as Russia's ambassador to Tehran.
Cast
Vladimir Retsepter
Alexander Griboyedov
Sergei Yursky
Alexander Pushkin
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Pyotr Chaadayev
Nikolai Korn
Alexey Yermolov
Nikolay Trofimov
Faddey Bulgarin
Natalya Tenyakova
Lenhen Bulgarina
Galina Mikryukova
Nina Chavchavadze, Griboyedov's wife
Vadim Medvedev
Nicholas I
Vladimir Tatosov
Count Nesselrode
Boris Ryzhukhin
Konstantin Rodofinikin
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Dr. McNeal
Vladimir Kozlov
Sashka Gribov, Griboyedov's servant
Sergey Dreyden
Osip Senkovsky
Vladimir Zamanskiy
Ivan Maltsev
Grigoriy Gay
Dr. Adelung
Oleg Basilashvili
Ivan Burtsev
Pavel Pankov
General Sipyagin
Izil Zabludovskiy
Aleksandr Berstel
Yevgeni Lebedev
Count Paskevich
Nina Skomorokhova
Katya Teleshova
Sergei Karnovich-Valua
Colonel
Valeri Karavayev
Nil Kozhevnikov
Inessa Kirillova
Countess Yeliza
Efim Kopelyan
Unknown
Georgiy Shtil
Unknown
Lyudmila Sapozhnikova
Unknown
