Tempest

Tempest

Overwhelming as the Elements!

1958 · 120 min · ★ 6.5 · Adventure, History

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 · Written by Ivo Perilli

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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

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