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A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.Read moreLess
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.
The story
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.
Cast & crew
Silvana ManganoMasha
Van HeflinEmelyan Pugachov
Viveca LindforsCatherine II
Geoffrey HornePiotr Grinov
Robert KeithCapt. Miranov
Agnes MooreheadVassilissa Mironova
Vittorio GassmanProsecutor
Helmut DantineShvabrin
Fulvia FrancoPalaska
Finlay CurrieCount Grinov
Laurence NaismithMaj. Zurin
Oskar HomolkaSavelicExplore the crew
- Director
- Alberto Lattuada
- Original Music Composer
- Piero Piccioni
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Screenplay
- Ivo Perilli
- Editor
- Otello Colangeli
- Screenplay
- Alberto Lattuada
- Director of Photography
- Aldo Tonti
- Editor
- Henri Rust
- Writer
- Louis S. Peterson
- Writer
- Michael Wilson