

The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
Director: Yakov Protazanov

Prince Kasatsky, later Father Sergius

Countess Korotkova
Maria, countess's daughter

Tsar Nikolai I

Kasatsky's father

Widow of the merchant Makovkin

Merchant

Merchant's daughter

Young priest
Monastery's gatekeeper