A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.

Ralph Fiennesas Mikhail Rakitin
Sylvie Testudas Elisaveta Bogdanovna
Aleksandr Baluevas Arkadi Islaev
Larisa Malevannayaas Anna Semenovna
Sergey Yushkevichas Ignaty Shpigelsky
Anna Vartanyanas Natalya Petrovna
Anna Nakhapetovaas Katya, servant
Anna Levanovaas Verochka
Nikita Volkovas Aleksei Belyaev
Bernd Mossas Schaaf