Pugachev (1937)

Original title

Пугачев

Directed by

Pavel Petrov-Bytov

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows Don Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev as he leads a peasant uprising in 18th century Russia. Posing as the deceased Emperor Peter III, he rallies supporters against the ruling nobility.

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What happens

Pugachev (Russian: Пугачёв, romanized: Pugachyov) is a 1937 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Pavel Petrov-Bytov. Don Cossack Pugachev, leader of the Peasant war of 1773–1775 in Russia. Using rumors that the Emperor Peter III of Russia was alive, Pugachev called himself him; he was one of several dozen impostors posing as Peter, and the most famous of them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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