Tempest (1958 film)

La tempesta (internationally released as Tempest) is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on A History of Pugachev (1834) and the 1836 novel The Captain's Daughter, both by Alexander Pushkin. For this film Lattuada was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Director.

Cast

 * Silvana Mangano as Masha
 * Van Heflin as Yemelyan Pugachev
 * Viveca Lindfors as  Catherine II
 * Geoffrey Horne as Piotr Grinov
 * Vittorio Gassman as Prosecutor
 * Agnes Moorehead as Vassilissa Mironova
 * Robert Keith as Capt. Mironov
 * Oskar Homolka as Savelic
 * Finlay Currie as Count Grinov
 * Laurence Naismith as Maj. Zurin
 * Helmut Dantine as Svabrin
 * Fulvia Franco as Palaska
 * Aldo Silvani as Pope Gerasim
 * Claudio Gora as Minister of Caterine II
 * Guido Celano as the farmer
 * Cristina Gaioni as the young girl