The Poet and the Tsar
Directed by	Vladimir Gardin Yevgeni Chervyakov
Written by	Vladimir Gardin Yevgeni Chervyakov
Cinematography	Naum Aptekman Svyatoslav Belyayev
Production company	Sovkino
Release date	1927 (1927)
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Silent Russian intertitles

The Poet and the Tsar (Russian: Поэт и царь, romanized: Poet i tsar) is a 1927 Soviet silent biopic film directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yevgeni Chervyakov.^[1]

Tsar Nikolai I is infatuated with Natalia Goncharova, wife of Alexander Pushkin. Trying to hide his passion, the tsar helps Natalia get closer with officer d'Anthès. The whole royal court gossips about the relationship of Natalia with d'Anthès. These rumors reach Pushkin and he challenges d'Anthès to a duel ...

• Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.

• The Poet and the Tsar at IMDb

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