
Production: Cinema Directorate, Russia, 2022
Director: N.Vysotsky, I.Lebedev
Screenwriter: N.Vysotsky
Starring: L. Bichevin, I. Yankovsky, P. Priluchny, M. Matveev, I. Kolesnikov, I. Petrenko, M. Averin
Duration: 8 episodes of 50 minutes each
The plot of the series Union of Salvation. Time of Wrath:
The action takes place between 1812 and 1825. After defeating Napoleon, Emperor Alexander I led Russia into one of the strongest world powers. However, resounding military victories and global influence had no effect on the domestic situation.
Russia had long been in need of reforms, which most European countries had carried out. And many representatives of prominent noble families hoped that after war of 1812 such changes will take place.
However, neither the Tsar nor his closest entourage were going to change anything. In view of this, revolutionary sentiments among the progressive nobility grew. For several years, the conspirators hatched plans for a coup, not daring to take active action.
However, the sudden and untimely death of Emperor Alexander I untied their hands. After all, the legitimate heir to the throne, Constantine, who was Alexander's elder brother, renounced the throne in favor of his younger brother Nicholas.
Обвинив Николая в самозванстве заговорщики пошли столилицу. Однако вепные Николаю полки встретили их картечью…