

Prince Stepan Kasatsky is an officer, an ardent, proud young man, and a big fan of the tsar. Kasatsky is going to marry, but at the last moment he learns from the bride that she was the mistress of the emperor. The prince is deeply disappointed in social life, he takes a monastic vow and leaves the capital. Faith in God was to save the soul, but passions and worldly temptations don't leave Kasatsky.

Sergei Bondarchuk
Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius
Lead
Valentina Titova
Mary Korotkova

Vladislav Strzhelchik
Nicholas I

Nikolai Gritsenko
general

Boris Ivanov
hegumen

Ivan Lapikov
old man on the ferry

Ivan Solovyov
bishop Nikodim

Lyudmila Maksakova
Makovkina
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Igor Talankin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Father Sergius is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”