After recently returning to Russia from Paris, aristocrat Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov spends decades banished to an attic hotel room following the October Revolution, after being sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal.

[1] Main Recurring Guest stars In August 2017 it was reported that a limited series based on the book was in development at Entertainment One.

[12] In March 2023, Leah Harvey, Johnny Harris, Paul Ready, Alexa Goodall, John Heffernan, Lyès Salem, Fehinti Balogun, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Dee Ahluwalia and Anastasia Hille joined the cast.

[14] Still, there is long historical precedent of African presence in Russia, especially of the noble classes,[15] and the influence of Moors on Eastern Europe is well documented, such as St. Maurice, the patron saint of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, in Estonia and Latvia.

[16] Black representation in media is important to combat systemic racism [17] which the tens of thousands of Russian inhabitants of color currently experience frequently.

[22] Filming also took place in Halifax, West Yorkshire and Leeds Civic Hall in May 2023,[23] before it was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

The critic's consensus reads: "Illuminated by Ewan McGregor's debonair performance, A Gentleman in Moscow is a rewarding and whimsical portrait of a life blossoming under constraining circumstances.