Dimitrie Cantemir

Overview

The film is about the life of Dmitry Cantemir and the Moldovan people from November 1710 to July 1711. Turkish troops are preparing for war with Russia. The Sultan entrusted him with the throne of Moldavia. Cantemir secretly established ties with Peter I and concluded a military-political agreement with him, according to which Russia took Moldova under its protectorate, pledged to help expel the Turks and restore the former borders of the Moldovan state.

Cast

Mihai Volontir

Aleksandr Lazarev

Ariadna Shengelaia

Natalya Varley

Leonhard Merzin