Pugachev (1978 film)

Pugachev (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.

Plot
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

 * Yevgeny Matveyev as Yemelyan Pugachev
 * Vija Artmane as Catherine the Great
 * Tamara Syomina as Sofia Pugachyeva
 * Olga Prokhorova as Ustinya Pugachyeva
 * Pyotr Glebov as Stepan Fedulov
 * Boris Kudryavtsev as Maksim Shigayev (voiced by Stanislav Chekan)
 * Grigore Grigoriu as Chika Zarubin (voiced by Vladimir Ferapontov)
 * Viktor Pavlov as Mitka Lysov
 * Boris Kulikov as Andrei Ovchinnikov
 * Konstantin Zakharchenko as Ivan Tvorogov
 * Fyodor Odinokov as Khlopusha
 * Mikhail Zlatopolsky as deacon
 * Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Filaret
 * Salavat Kireyev as Salawat Yulayev
 * Boris Plotnikov as icon painter
 * Igor Gorbachyov as Nikita Panin
 * Anatoly Azo as Grigory Orlov (voiced by Vladimir Druzhnikov)
 * Vilnis Bekeris as Johann von Michelsohnen
 * Sergei Golovanov as Petr Panin
 * Alexander Zhdanov as Paul I of Russia
 * Fyodor Nikitin as valet