The action takes place in 1714 in the London royal palace of St. James. The Duchess of Marlborough, the favorite of the weak-willed queen, skillfully rules the state. Her political opponent, former minister Lord Bolingbroke, dreaming of restoring his influence at court, successfully wages a cunning war against the duchess, using the rivalry between the queen and the duchess of Marlborough, who are in love with the young officer Mesham.

Cast

Tatyana Yeremeyeva

Queen Anna

Yelena Gogoleva

Duchess Marlboro

Evgeniy Velikhov

Lord Bolingbroke

Liliya Yudina

Abigail

Nikolai Afanasyev

Meshem

Oleg Fedorovskiy

Thomson

Vladimir Vill

Marquis de Torcy