It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.
as Comtesse Evelina Hanska
as Honoré de Balzac
as Zarytskyi
as Gosslen, publisher
as Levko, a serf lackey of Countess Evelina Hanska
as colonel Karol Hanskyi
as Anna Mnishek
as Halperin, banker
as General Bibikov
as Moskalenko
as Davydov
as Maryna
as Sherstinevich
as Yankovsky, a priest
as mother of Balzac
as Victor Hugo
as Nicholas I
as Gypsy
as Konetspolskyi
as episode
as episode