"After many different versions of series on his grandmother, legendary Catherine the Great, we are finally getting a series on ALEXANDER THE FIRST, the emperor of whole Russia and today I managed to dig out first images for you from this sprawling historical saga which director Artyom Nasybulin is as of this moment filming over in St. Petersburg. The show is set to premiere sometime next year on Russian streamer Smotrim with linear television premiere on national broadcaster Rossiya 1! The title role is played by Evgeny Romantsov, and he will be accompanied by Anna Banshchikova, Gleb Bochkov, Polina Gukhman, Philip Ershov, Anastasia Krylova, Fyodor Lavrov, Angelina Poplavskaya, Anna Snatkina, Daniil Spivakovsky, Artyom Tkachenko, Vladislav Tsenev, Anna Chipovskaya and Yuri Chursin."
"After being raised by his babushka, Empress Catherine II, who saw in her eldest grandson the direct heir to the throne, and the European teacher La Harpe, Alexander adheres to liberal views and admires the first years of Napoleon's reign: he dreams that Russia will someday have a republic. After the death of Catherine, during the reign of Paul, Alexander continued to hope for reforms. However, he is soon overcome by disappointment in Paul both as a father and as a
statesman. As a result of the conspiracy, Emperor Paul the First dies, and Alexander, haunted by guilt for the death of his father, is forced to ascend the throne to confront the new intrigues of the aristocrats and his overbearing mother. At the same time, Alexander understands that a threat looms over Russia: war with the invincible Napoleon is inevitable, it's only a matter of time."
Armand
paints a Napoleonic caricature.
