The Blackamoor of Peter the Great

Overview

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.

Cast

Vladimir Vysotsky

Ibrahim Gannibal

Aleksey Petrenko

Czar Peter I

Ivan Ryzhov

Gavrila Afanasyevich Rtishchev

Irina Mazurkevich

Natasha Rtishcheva

Mikhail Kokshenov

Sergunka Rtishchev

Evgeny Mitta

Vanyechka Rtishchev

Semyon Morozov

Govorov

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Filka

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Balakirev

Oleg Tabakov

Yeguzhinskiy

Aleksandr Barushnoy

Vladimir Kashpur