Dimitrie Cantemir
(1974)
★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes
Year: 1974
Runtime: 97 мин
Country: Soviet Union
Director: Владимир Иовицэ, Виталий Калашников
Cast: Михаил Волонтир, Александр Лазарев, Ариадна Шенгелая, Наталья Варлей, Леонхард Мерзин, Думитру Фусу, Георгий Лапето, Виктор Чутак, Мелик Дадашев, Валериу Купча
Plot
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.