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Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding (1976)

Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding (1976)

Comedy Romance History
Release Date: 1976, June 6
Directors: Aleksandr Mitta
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm, Mosfilm
Cast: Ivan Turchenkov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Andrey Fayt, Lyudmila Chursina, Aleksey Petrenko, Lyudmila Davydova, Aleksandr Pashutin, Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Metyolkin, Mikhail Kokshenov, Vilor Kuznetsov, Irina Mazurkevich

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.