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.
Виктор Сухоруков
as Emperor Pavel the First
Олег Янковский
as Count Palen
Оксана Мысина
as Empress Mariya Fyodorovna
Алексей Барабаш
as Aleksandr
Anna Molchanova
as Yelizaveta
Юлия Маврина
as Lopukhina
Игорь Шибанов
as Kutaisov
Yevgeni Karpov
as Konstantin
Вадим Лобанов
as Bezborodko
Вера Карпова
as Baroness Livsi
Aleksandr Grigoryants
as Brenna
Дмитрий Сутырин
as Yashvil
