History Film / HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor

* {{Blackface}}: Vladimir Vysotsky as the Moor Ibrahim.

''How Czar UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat Married Off His Moor'' (Russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил; A Tale of How Czar Peter Married Off the Moor) is a 1976 Soviet historical melodrama movie directed by Alexander Mitta and loosely based on Creator/AlexanderPushkin's unfinished novel ''The Moor of Peter the Great'', which in turn was a fictionalised biography of Pushkin's own ancestor.

Ibrahim Gannibal, Czar Peter the Great's African-born godson and protégé, is forced to return to Saint-Petersburg after his study time in Paris culminates in a scandalous love affair. Peter wants his godson to have stronger ties to Russia and decides to have him married to Natalya, a girl from an old boyar family. Ibrahim genuinely falls in love with the girl and develops an IntergenerationalFriendship with her little brother, however, once he sees that Natalya doesn't love him and that there is another admirer of hers who says she prefers ''him'', he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy withdraws his suit]]. But it turns out that a ShipToShipCombat with the ''czar'' isn't something to be trifled with, and Ibrahim finds himself falling out of favour.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Peter is sick and overtaxes himself greatly, and he confesses to Ibrahim he feels he won't last long.

** Corporal punishment is the absolute norm. Ibrahim gives five lashes to Vanya Rtischev for slacking during a lesson, and explains that when Vanya becomes an officer himself, he would have to discipline his underlings and would know never to order beatings out of sadism due to knowing what it feels like.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the novel, Ibrahim's French lover does have genuine feelings for him, writes him a tearful farewell letter and only finds solace [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder with another man]] a while after Ibrahim leaves Paris. In the film, Countess de Covignac never loves him and coldly states as much in her last letter.

* CharacterExaggeration: In the novel, Natalya's father is passionately conservative but loyal to Peter; moreover, he is a level-headed man who, in particular, realizes that BlueBlood isn't a merit in itself (although he sadly thinks that [[NostalgiaFilter it used to be different in the olden days]]). Here, Rtishchev only obeys Peter out of fear, his conservative views are exaggerated to grotesque levels, and he thinks that his moronic elder son should have been a senator rather than a sailor simply by virtue of belonging to the old Russian aristocracy. In addition, his treatment of Natalya in the novel never goes beyond DeliberateValuesDissonance 18th-century norms (namely, he decides she will marry Ibrahim rather than his own penniless ward), while his film counterpart is outright abusive to his daughter, including in public.

''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (Russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил; A Tale of How Czar Peter Married Off the Moor) is a 1976 Soviet historical melodrama movie directed by Alexander Mitta and loosely based on Creator/AlexanderPushkin’s unfinished novel ''The Moor of Peter the Great'', which in turn was a fictionalised biography of Pushkin’s own ancestor.

** In the novel, Natalya's family warms up to Ibrahim within the space of two weeks. Here, months pass but the Rtishchevs still look down on him; they only start to change their minds in the very last scene when they see Natalya has fallen in love with Ibrahim.

* CharacterExaggeration: In the novel, Natalya's father is passionately conservative but loyal to Peter; moreover, he is a level-headed man who, in particular, realizes that BlueBlood isn't a merit in itself (although he sadly thinks that [[NostalgiaFilter it used to be different in the olden days]]). Here, Rtishchev only obeys Peter out of fear, his conservative views are exaggerated to grotesque levels, and he thinks that his moronic elder son should have been a senator rather than a sailor simply by virtue of belonging to the old Russian aristocracy.

* CharacterExaggeration: In the novel, Natalya's father was passionately conservative but loyal to Peter; moreover, he is a level-headed man who, in particular, realizes that BlueBlood isn't a merit in itself (although he sadly thinks that [[NostalgiaFilter it used to be different in the olden days]]). Here, Rtishchev only obeys Peter out of fear, his conservative views are exaggerated to grotesque levels, and he thinks that his moronic elder son should have been a senator rather than a sailor simply by virtue of belonging to the old Russian aristocracy.

* AgeLift: In the novel, Ibrahim is aged twenty-seven to twenty-eight; here, his exact age is not stated, but his actor was thirty-eight at the time, and Ibrahim states he is "not young".

* AdaptationNameChange: Natalya’s last name was changed from Rzhevskaya to Rtishcheva, most likely, to avoid association with [[Film/HussarBallad Lieutenant Rzhevsky]].

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the novel, Natalya's family warms up to Ibrahim within the space of two weeks. Here, months pass but the Rtishchevs still look down on him; they only start to change their minds in the very last scene when they see Natalya has fallen in love with Ibrahim.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Ibrahim’s flat-out refusal to marry Natalya unless she loves him is something that never happens in the novel. In the novel, he completely agrees to the marriage and even gets angry when his friend tries to talk him out of it and brings up the fact that she doesn’t love him.