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.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Russian Empire
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Music
Music by Andrei Eshpai
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Igor Chernykh
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Eduard VolodarskiyWriter
- Original title
- Емельян Пугачев
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 19, 1979
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
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