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Pugachev (1978 film)

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Pugachev
Directed byAlexey Saltykov
Written byEduard Volodarsky
Produced byAlexey Saltykov
StarringYevgeny Matveyev
Vija Artmane
CinematographyIgor Chernykh
Music byAndrei Eshpai
Production
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Distributed byMosfilm
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
147 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Pugachev (Russian: Емельян Пугачёв) is a 1978 historical drama film, directed by Alexey Saltykov and starring Yevgeny Matveyev and Vija Artmane. The film was honored with a special prize at All-Union Film Festival in 1979.[1]

Plot

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Don Cossack Yemelyan 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 Yemelyan, and now he is being transported across Russia in an iron cage.

Main cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Yemelyan Pugachev" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
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