These are the dark times around 1720 in Russia. Tsar Peter the Great dies and his highly esteemed partner and friend Prince Menshikov rules the country from now on. But there are also those who oppose the prince. Messenger Ivan, an army officer, fails one of the risky resistance orders given to him by the scheming opposition and openly confesses to it. He is to be punished mercilessly, but the head of the secret service recognizes the officer's qualities, and from now on Ivan becomes an agent of the Tsar. Thus begins a series of mysterious incidents and he begins to investigate them. Masons, pirates and grand dukes, all have their dark secrets...
Илья Соколовский
as Ivan Samoylov
Сергей Серов
as graf Belozyorov
Elena Burlakova
as Varvara Belozyorova
Olga Azhazha
as Sofya Belozyorova
Тамара Спиричёва
as Belozerov's aunt
Александр Гришин
as Vasiliy Vozhzhov
Andrey Ryklin
as knyaz Menshikov
Сергей Чонишвили
as Andrey Ivanovich Ushakov
Александр Стариков
as graf Tolstoy
Sergey Ivolotsi
as Tumanov
Vadim Medvedev
as Falinelli
Василий Савинов
as Lestok
