Don Cossack Emelyan 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 Emelyan, and now he is being transported across Russia in an iron cage.

• DirectorAlexey Saltykov
• Release19 March 1979
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration2h 27m
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  4.6
  8 reviews
• Productions

  Mosfilm