Russian Film Weekend:
The Captain’s Daughter
Russia/France 2000, 15, 140 mins, history, romance
Faithfully based on Alexander Pushkin’s classics – the novella The Captain’s Daughter and History of Pugachev Revolt, this stirring, dramatic historical epic blends a love story against the backdrop of the Pugachev Revolt 1773-1775, one of the most significant rebellions against serfdom and Catherine the Great’s absolutism. Starring the best of Russian actors – Vladimir Mashkov, Vladimir Ilyin and Sergei Makovetsky.
Directed by Alexander Proshkin.
