Being a poet is dangerous—especially after the Revolution. In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is put on trial for a poem he wrote long ago. Instead of the death penalty, the count is sentenced to an extremely unusual exile—to the Metropol hotel, which he is forbidden to leave. Absolutely.
Owner of a large estate who has never worked a day in his life, Count Rostov now has to adapt and survive in new conditions, watching the most frightening, turning events in our history. Gradually Rostov realizes: gentlemen don’t become former. "