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.
Plot
Production
The film was shot in Košutnjak film studios in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (today Serbia).
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
References
External links
- La tempesta at IMDb
