Count Alexander Rostov fully expects to be sentenced to be shot by the revolutionary tribunal, but due to their admiration for a poem he had published years before the Count’s life is spared. Their generosity has limits, however. Rostov, a resident of the luxurious Metropol Hotel in Moscow, is ordered to remain within the hotel for life. Arriving back at the hotel, the Count is informed that his former suite has been requisitioned by the State and he will have to make due with the […]