Un Gentleman à Moscou: Saison 1

Un concours de circonstances

46min - Stripped of aristocratic privilege, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to life imprisonment at a grand Moscow hotel. Once a haven for Moscow's elite, it's now under party control. Contending with allies and foes alike, it's nine-year-old Nina and her unexpected friendship that changes his life forever. But despite new friendships, the Count is haunted by his past. When an old friend arrives at the hotel, he must decide if he's willing to risk everything for a chance at freedom. Series premiere.

Une invitation

49min - The Count's old friend Mishka turns up at the hotel, forcing the Count to reckon with their troubled past: a woman, a duel, an ill-fated love affair. Meanwhile, the Count's relationship with the hotel staff deepens, and he meets Russian movie star Anna Urbanova for the first time. Just as the Count and Nina's unlikely friendship begins to flourish, he may find their time together cut short due to a dangerous enemy he unknowingly provokes.

Le dernier des Rostov

45min - As his old life crumbles, the Count receives devastating news. Blinded by hurt, he embroils his friends in a dangerous plan, while the true nature of his and Osip's relationship becomes ever clearer. Meanwhile, Nina makes a surprise return, as Anna's career takes a turn and Mishka tries to impose his own ideological dogma onto the Count. The Count slowly succumbs to despair, wondering if there is still a place for him in society.

Les temps heureux

49min - It's 1932, and the hotel is enjoying a time of abundance. Osip confronts the Count with a terrible dilemma, while the Count and Anna's relationship grows more intimate, just as her allegiance to someone in the regime places her in grave danger. Meanwhile, Mishka grows increasingly disenchanted with the Party he once loved, and a twist of fate brings someone to the hotel who will change the Count's life forever.

Une arrivée

52min - The Count's world is turned upside down when an unexpected arrival is placed in his care, affecting his relationship with Anna and endangering his uneasy truce with Osip. The Count must find a way to keep all his plates spinning, but when the Bishop discovers the Count's new living arrangement, he resolves to tear everything apart. All the while, Anna faces an identity crisis when a younger actress arrives on the scene, and World War II looms on the horizon.

La chute

40min - It's 1947 and the Count struggles to come to terms with the fact that times are changing. Anna has wisdom to offer, which the Count must learn to value. Meanwhile, when someone close to him suffers a terrible accident, the Count resolves to save them at any cost, and makes a decision that endangers his life. As a result, Osip grapples with his instinct for self-preservation versus his growing humanity, while the crisis forces Anna to be honest about her feelings for the Count.

Une Assemblée

40min - It's 1953, Stalin is dead, and Russia stands on the brink of change. An opportunity arises for someone close to the Count that he sees as proof of a new Russia. Yet the Count's American friend advises caution over optimism, before making an astonishing revelation. Meanwhile, reverberations caused by Stalin's death are felt elsewhere: Osip struggles to adjust to his new circumstances, while the Bishop runs an increasingly oppressive regime in the hotel.

Adjö

Adieu

45min - With a major event in Paris days away, the Count plots to secure a future for himself and those closest to him. He and Anna devise an elaborate plan, with dire consequences should it fail. The situation in Paris becomes fraught while they await news back in Moscow, just as years of conflict between the Count and an old enemy boil over. Osip's allegiances are unclear. After thirty years in captivity, the Count reckons with potential freedom, and his existence in a new world. Series finale.