A Gentleman in Moscow is a British historical drama miniseries based on the novel by Amor Towles. Ben Vanstone is writer, executive producer, and showrunner. 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.
In August it was reported that a limited series based on the book was in development at Entertainment One. In the novel, Mishka is a friend of the Count's from his University days, however in the series it is implied that Mishka and the Count grew up together, which in reality would be rare.
Today the Black population in Russia is minuscule, making up an estimated. Maurice, the patron saint of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads , in Estonia and Latvia. He also had a known impact on Germany. A Gentleman in Moscow is adapted from the novel of the same name by Amor Towles.
However, in a change from the book, the role of Anna Urbanova has expanded in the series. Writer Ben Vanstone said that, while the "novel is necessarily very count-focused", it does not give "that broad an impression of Anna's life away from the count".
Vanstone said that a reason for expanding Anna's role was to give the character "more agency through the story". During the rehearsal period for the series in London, McGregor got his hair permed and dyed it dark brown. Over time, the color began to fade which McGregor believed was "conducive to his aging".
