Alexander Pushkin is young, brash and adored by high society. He is the star at every ball he attends, his fans revere his poetic talent, and young women dream of winning his attention. However, not even his aristocratic patrons and loyal friends, nor his growing fame can keep him from dueling, getting exiled, and becoming destitute. Only when he meets his true love does he find meaning in life, and his genius develops to make him the legend the world knows today.
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The Poet is a 2025 Russian musical period drama film directed by Felix Umarov, the script was developed by Andrey Kurganov and Vasily Zorky, telling the life story of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, played by Yuri Alexandrovich Borisov. The cast also includes Roman Vasilyev, Alyona Dolgolenko, Ilya Vinogorsky, Anna Chipovskaya, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Sergei Gilev, Ilya Lyubimov, Yevgeny Schwartz, and French actor Florian Desbiendras.