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.
Directed by Alberto Lattuada
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Cast

Silvana Mangano
Masha

Van Heflin
Emelyan Pugachov

Viveca Lindfors
Catherine II

Geoffrey Horne
Piotr Grinov

Robert Keith
Capt. Miranov

Agnes Moorehead
Vassilissa Mironova

Vittorio Gassman
Prosecutor

Helmut Dantine
Shvabrin

Fulvia Franco
Palaska

Finlay Currie
Count Grinov

Laurence Naismith
Maj. Zurin

Oskar Homolka
Savelic

Al Silvani
Pope Gerasim
Nevenka Mikulić
Akulina
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