The Russian Revolution in 1917 changed the face of Russia from an aristocracy to a communist country. In A Gentleman in Moscow, we see that transformation through the eyes of one man, Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor).
Four years after the revolution, Rostov is brought in front of a Soviet tribunal deciding what to do with the remaining aristocrats. The worst possible outcome is death (as one man receives in the opening moments), however because of a poem Rostov wrote years ago that some believe helped spur the revolution, he is granted leniency — to live out his days at Moscow's Metropol Hotel. If he leaves the hotel though, he will be killed.
