The 1890s. One of the cities on the Volga River. The young wife of a merchant falls in love with Artem, a “Volga bogatyr,” a man of enormous strength and violent temper. She dreams of leaving with him for the countryside. Her jealous husband bribes hooligans to kill Artem.
Emil Gal
Nikolai Simonov
Yelena Yegorova
Georgiy Uvarov
Iona Biy-Brodskiy
