Dimitrie Cantemir

Name: Dimitrie Cantemir
Director: Vlad Iovitse
Genre: History, War
Released: 1974-09-16
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Mihai Volontir, Aleksandr Lazarev, Ariadna Shengelaia, Natalya Varley, Leonhard Merzin

1974

1h 37m

History War

Director: Vlad Iovitse

Writer: Vlad Iovitse

Overview

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.