In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastry shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, who soon starts sharing his feelings. They decide to get married and, in order to finance the wedding, Dimitri goes back to Russia to sell his family estate. Unfortunately he falls prey to a seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna, who pretends to be willing to buy his land to come nearer him. Now Sanin is in a fix: should he choose the pure Gemma or the evil but irresistible Maria?
Timothy Hutton
Nastassja Kinski
Valeria Golino
William Forsythe
Pietro Bontempo
Jerzy Skolimowski
Xavier Maly
Urbano Barberini
Francesca De Sapio
Jacques Herlin
Antonio Cantafora
Krzysztof Janczar
Christian Dottorini
Alexia Korda
Marinella Anaclerio
Thierry Langerak
Massimo Sarchielli
Serge Spira