In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastry shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, who soon starts sharing his feelings. They decide to get married and, in order to finance the wedding, Dimitri goes back to Russia to sell his family estate. Unfortunately he falls prey to a seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna, who pretends to be willing to buy his land to come nearer him. Now Sanin is in a fix: should he choose the pure Gemma or the evil but irresistible Maria?
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
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Cast
Timothy Hutton
Dimitri Sanin
Nastassja Kinski
Maria Nikolaevna Polozov
Valeria Golino
Gemma Rosselli
William Forsythe
Prince Ippolito Polozov
Pietro Bontempo
Man With Glasses
Jerzy Skolimowski
Wiktor Wiktorowicz
Xavier Maly
Pulcinella
Urbano Barberini
Baron Von Doenhof
Francesca De Sapio
Mrs. Rosselli
Jacques Herlin
Pantaleone
Antonio Cantafora
Richter
Krzysztof Janczar
Klueber
Christian Dottorini
Emilio
Alexia Korda
Mrs. Stoltz
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