An impoverished Russian aristocrat spends his days in a fashionable German town waiting for news from Russia about the death of his rich grandmother, so that he can repay his debts to a troubled French adventurer and marry his troubled cousin. His stepdaughter Polina also expects the inheritance.
Alexei Ivanovich
Polina Alexandrovna
Grofica Antonida Vasilevna
General Zagoriansky
Miss Blanche
Mr. Astley
Dečak
Devojčica