Tempest

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 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