A Gentleman in Moscow
After the Bolshevik Revolution, Count Alexander Rostov is confined for life to Moscow’s Hotel Metropol, where friendships and quiet acts of defiance reshape what freedom and family mean to him. A Gentleman in Moscow follows Count Alexander Rostov, a cultured Russian aristocrat who escapes a firing squad only to receive a life sentence of house arrest inside the elegant Hotel Metropol. Stripped of title and fortune, he is moved from a grand suite into a cramped attic room while the city outside transforms under Soviet rule. Rostov clings to courtesy and routine, befriending waiters, a seamstress, and other staff who still move freely through the building. A precocious young guest named Nina draws him into the hotel’s hidden passages, kitchens, and rooftop vantage points, teaching him how the Metropol truly operates. Through these daily encounters he begins to measure worth by loyalty and