
130 minutes
4/28/2000
The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.

Mateusz Damięcki
as Pyotr Grinyov

Karolina Gruszka
as Masha Mironova

Vladimir Mashkov
as Yemelyan Pugachev

Sergey Makovetskiy
as Alexey Shvabrin

Vladimir Ilin
as Savelyich

Yuri Belyayev
as Captain Mironov

Natalya Yegorova
as Vasilisa Yegorovna

Yuriy Kuznetsov
as Ivan Ignatyevich

Olga Antonova
as Catherine II

Juozas Budraitis
as Governor of Orenburg

Mikhail Filippov
as Count Panin

Pyotr Zaychenko
as Piyanov

Andrey Dudarenko
as Beloborodov

Kseniya Gromova
as Palashka

Konstantin Yushkevich
as Maximych

Sergei Varchuk
as Zurin

Mariya Mironova
as Kharlova

Aleksandr Vershinin
as Kharlov

Zoya Buryak
as Priest's Wife
Alexei Zubarev
as Father Gerasim

Juris Strenga
as Fish Catcher

Aleksandr Ilin
as Khlopusha

Vladimir Litvinov
as Grinyov's Father

Irina Sabanova
as Grinyov's Mother

Ernst Romanov
as Old Grinyov