Masquerade (Russian: Маскарад, romanized: Maskarad) is a 1941 Soviet historical drama film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the eponymous play by Mikhail Lermontov.

[1] Yevgeny Arbenin, a gambler, womanizer, and "haughty favorite of fortune," has experienced everything, grown disillusioned with life, and lost his faith in happiness.

Believing he has found an ideal of purity and kindness in the young and beautiful Nina, he marries her and begins to lead a quiet, reclusive life.

A tragic twist of fate awakens a fiery jealousy within Arbenin, transforming him from a loving husband into a villain and murderer in just a few days.

The film poses a haunting question: does divine justice prevail, or is it all the work of cruel fate?