DramaHistory
Pugachev
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.
Directed by Alexey Saltykov, Yuri Nosikov
50
User score
9 votes
Status
Released
Released
March 19, 1979
Runtime
2h 27m
Language
Russian
