• Source: Masquerade (1941 film)

      • Masquerade (Russian: Маскарад, romanized: Maskarad) is a 1941 Soviet historical drama film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the eponymous play by Mikhail Lermontov. Its release was timed for the centenary of Lermontov's death.


      Plot


      Yevgeny Arbenin, a gambler, womanizer, and "haughty favorite of fortune," has experienced everything, grown disillusioned with life, and lost his faith in happiness. Believing he has found an ideal of purity and kindness in the young and beautiful Nina, he marries her and begins to lead a quiet, reclusive life. However, his past sins—humiliating, ruining, and trampling others—cannot be forgotten by those he wronged. They are convinced that the devil still resides in his soul.
      A tragic twist of fate awakens a fiery jealousy within Arbenin, transforming him from a loving husband into a villain and murderer in just a few days. Consumed by suspicion, he poisons Nina by lacing her ice cream with poison, watching her dying agony with a sense of grim satisfaction, believing he has served justice. However, when he later learns of her innocence, the weight of his guilt drives him to madness. The film poses a haunting question: does divine justice prevail, or is it all the work of cruel fate?


      Cast


      Nikolay Mordvinov as Arbenin
      Tamara Makarova as Nina
      Mikhail Sadovsky as Knyaz Zvezdich
      Sofiya Magarill as Baroness Shtral
      Antonin Pankryshev as Kazarin
      Emil Gal as Shprikh
      Sergei Gerasimov as Unknown man


      References




      External links


      Masquerade at IMDb

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