First broadcast 23rd May 1971.
A brilliant fellow, Platonov, and he might be a good husband, too - if only women would let him.
Rex Harrison - Mikhail Platonov, schoolmaster
Patsy Byrne - Sasha, Platonov's wife
Siân Phillips - Anna Voinitseva, widow
Clive Revill - Nicolai Triletski, Sasha's brother
Donald Eccles - Count Glagolyev, Anna's suitor
Geoffrey Bayldon - Sergei Voinitsev, Anna's stepson
Willoughby Goddard - Bugrov, merchant
Trevor Kent - Yakov, servant
Stacey Tendeter - Katya, maid
John Gill - Col. Triletski, Sasha's father
Kevin Stoney - Vengerovich
Joanna Dunham - Sofia, Voinitsev's wife
Bridget Armstrong - Maria Grekova, chemistry student
Neil McCarthy - Osip, bandit
Peter Eyre - Kiril, Glagolyev's son
Joe Gladwin - Marko, messenger
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