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The film tells a love story that connected the last Russian emperor and a talented ballerina who brought fame to Russian ballet. Feelings could have influenced the course of Russian history. Legend linked Matilda and the head of the empire. For the crowned, there is no freedom of choice. And those rare moments, days that determine destinies, can pass by unnoticed. Can the ruler of a state make his own choice — the choice of a heart drawn to a dancer? The film unfolds against the backdrop of the splendor of the tsar's chambers, the Kremlin, the Cathedral of the Dormition, within the walls of the main theatrical stages of tsarist Russia, and Khodynka Field…