1979
4.6 (8 votes)
2h 27m
Genres
Drama
History
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Pugachev (Емельян Пугачев)
Overview
Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev says goodbye to his wife and children and goes to run. The elder Filaret blesses him to lead a rebellion under the name of Peter III of Russia. The insurgents dealt with the feudal lords cruelly. Queen Catherine the Great directs troops against the rioters. Traitors betray Emelyan, and now he is being transported across Russia in an iron cage.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Eduard Volodarskiy
Director: Alexey Saltykov
Producer: Alexey Saltykov
Director of Photography: Igor Chernykh
