Aleksandr Vertinsky

A biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.

The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster.

To save her family from disgrace and hunger, a young dowerless girl gets married to a rich old man, only to turn into an unscrupulous kept woman who forgets her close ones.

1905. The peasant Marko Hrusha returns to his native village and leads a struggle against the landlords for land. He is arrested but later released. After his release, his struggle becomes even stronger...

Musical theme by Alexander Vertinsky, piano part by Maksim Kravchenko. A story inspired by the famous romance.

A chronicle of the beginning of the century, images and people, are shown while Boris Grebenshchikov performs Vertinsky's romances.

A cobbler dreams that he is a prince, in this takeoff on an Arabian Nights style romance.