Vladimir Rublev

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one heir, the Czarina Kseniya Godunova. She has married a Polish military leader who wants to claim the Russian throne in her name so he can rule all of Russia. As the Poles move in on Moscow in an attempt to install the czarina on the throne, Andrei, a serf with a life-long infatuation of the czarina attempts to save her from her brutal Polish husband.

스탈린이 쓰러져 의식을 잃기 얼마 전인 1953년 봄. 당시 소련에서는 유태인 의사들이 소련 고위 관료를 암살하려 한다는 거짓 정보가 퍼져나가고 있었다. 유태인 출신의 군의관인 유리는 자신에게 덧씌워질지 모르는 혐의를 벗어나기 위해 발버둥치지만 결국 비밀 경찰에 체포되고 만다.