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