Gardes-Marines, ahead!
Gardes-Marines, Ahead! or is a 1988 Soviet four-series television film (mini-series), the first of a series of films about Russian Gardes-Marines of the 18th century, directed by Svetlana Druzhinina. It was followed by Viva Gardes-Marines!.
Plot
It is Russia in 1742. Some time ago as a result of a palace coup, Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great, came to power. French Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, displeased with Russia's foreign policy, plots against Vice-Chancellor Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin. The secret archive of Bestuzhev has been stolen, and priceless papers from Russia are to be brought out by Chevalier de Brillieu, an experienced diplomat and womanizer.
More details
author | Nina Sorotokina Svetlana Druzhinina Yuri Nagibin |
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director | Svetlana Druzhinina |
genre | adventure historical |
keywords | alexey bestuzhev-ryumin amateur theater andré-hercule de fleury arrest beautiful girl cunning elizabeth of russia elizabeth petrovna greedy relative kidnap peter the great train |
musicBy | Viktor Lebedev |
productionCompany | Mosfilm |
theme | swashbuckler |