Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding
First aired on Jun 6, 1976
Runtime: 100 mins
60%
Genres: Romance, Comedy, History
Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage - Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal - under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having a disastrous affair in France, Ibrahim vows to never fall in love again, until he sees the daughter of a wealthy boyar. Peter the Great insists the two be married, but Ibrahim goes against the tsar's wishes, refusing to force her to marry him since she doesn't consent. When another man tries to marry her, however, Ibrahim's loyalties and generous nature are put to the test.
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Featured Crew
Aleksandr Mitta | Director
Nadezhda Buzina | Costume Design
Georgi Koshelev | Production Design
Valery Shuvalov | Director of Photography
Igor Lemeshev | Production Design
Nadezhda Veselovskaya | Editor