A young Russian Countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Melissa Gilbert | ... | Zoya Ossipov | |
Bruce Boxleitner | ... | Clayton Andrews | |
Denise Alexander | ... | Axelle | |
Don Henderson | ... | Feodor | |
Zane Carney | ... | Young Nicholas | |
![]() |
Taryn Davis | ... | Young Sasha |
David Warner | ... | Prince Vladimir | |
Diana Rigg | ... | Evgenia | |
Peggy Cass | ... | Mrs. Molloy | |
![]() |
Jane How | ... | Natalya |
Richard Durden | ... | Konstantin | |
Samuel West | ... | Nicolai (as Sam West) | |
![]() |
Brian Williams | ... | Firefighter (as Brian A. Williams) |
James Hanlon | ... | Firefighter | |
![]() |
Margaret Illmann | ... | Sophia |
A young Russian Countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
Well, it is. A very romanticized version of life of aristocrats in exile. The funniest moment was when Zoya revealed that she brought the Faberge egg with her into Communist Russia. It would have been confiscated on the border as a national treasure, she wouldn't even have been compensated.
Zoya herself has too many late-20th century values for my tastes. Like her wanting to be a dancer, when most dancers of her culture and era were, in fact, courtesans. Her marrying a jewish man, while tsarist russia was very antisemitic. Well, it's a cute fairy tale anyway.