''The Captain's Daughter'' () is a 1958 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Kaplunovskiy. The film is an adaptation of the

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The Captain's Daughter ''The Captain's Daughter'' () is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. It was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal '' Sovremennik'' and is his only completed novel. The novel is a romanticize ...

'' (1836) by

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Plot

The film tells the story of the

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Grinyov, going to military service in the fortress, where he falls in love with the commander's daughter, Maria, and fights for her in a duel. After that,

Yemelyan Pugachev Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (also spelled Pugachyov; ; ) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and the leader of the Pugachev's Rebellion, a major popular uprising in the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine the Great. The son of a Do ...

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Pugachev's Rebellion Pugachev's Rebellion (; also called the Peasants' War 1773–1775 or Cossack Rebellion) of 1773–1775 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762. It ...

, conquers the fortress and executes Maria's parents, but he gives Grinev freedom. Soon he learns that Pugachev's accomplice forces Maria to marry him...

Cast

Oleg Strizhenov Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov (; 10 August 1929 – 9 February 2025) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. Biography Strizhenov was born in Blagoveshchensk in 1929. His family moved ...

as Pyotr Grinyov *

Sergei Lukyanov Sergei Vladimirovich Lukyanov (; 27 September 1910 — 1 March 1965) was a Soviet stage and film actor. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1952) and the winner of two Stalin Prizes of the second degree (1951, 1952). Biography Sergei Lukya ...

as Yemelyan Pugachyov *

Iya Arepina Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov – July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress. She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in '' Bolshaya Semya'', directed by Iosif Kheifits. ...

as Masha Mironova *

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as Ivan Kuzmich *

Irina Zarubina Irina Petrovna Zarubina (; April 22, 1907 – May 20, 1976) was a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1951). Biography She was born on April 22, 1907, in Kazan. In 1929, she graduated from the Russian State Institute of Pe ...

as Vasilisa Yegorovna * Anatoli Shishkov as Savelyich *

Vyacheslav Shalevich Vyacheslav Anatolievich Shalevich (; 27 May 1934 – 21 December 2016) was a Soviet-Russian film, theatre actor and a People's Artist of the RSFSR. Biography Vyacheslav Anatolievich Shalevich was born in Moscow in 1934.Pavel Pavlenko Pavel Pavlovich Pavlenko () (20 September 1902 – 9 March 1993) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Life Born in Kiev, he later moved to Moscow and graduated in 1919 from the Moscow City Theatrical School named for Anatoly Lunacharsky. He tried t ...

as Ivan Ignatyevich *

Boris Novikov Boris Kuzmich Novikov (; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Boris Kuzmich Novikov was born on 13 July 1925 in a famil ...

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