Michele Strogoff - Il corriere dello zar (1999)

Ever since the death of his wife, the famous and once highly-respected general Michael Strogoff has fallen steadily into a state of decrepitude. The Tartars have again overrun the empire's ... See full summary »

Director:

Fabrizio Costa

Writers:

Enrico Medioli, Patrizia Pistagnesi

Stars:

Paolo Seganti, Léa Bosco, Hardy Krüger Jr.

Cast

Cast overview:
Paolo Seganti	...	Michael Strogoff
Léa Bosco	...	Nadja
Hardy Krüger Jr.	...	Iwan Ogareff
Esther Schweins	...	Sangarra
Heio von Stetten	...	Jules Vermont
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Count Krasow
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Feofar
Lorenzo Mattei	...	Boris
Siegfried Rauch	...	Zar
Jana Kolesárová	...	Olga
Juraj Rasta	...	Peter
Imre Boráros	...	Pater Sergej

Storyline

Ever since the death of his wife, the famous and once highly-respected general Michael Strogoff has fallen steadily into a state of decrepitude. The Tartars have again overrun the empire's Eastern Siberian territories, and constitute a serious threat. At this point the Tsar asks Strogoff to go and look for Boris, his young nephew and heir, who # even though he managed to escape from the Tartars # has so far not been found. Strogoff agrees to the mission, mainly because he hopes to take revenge on Ogareff, who was originally in the Czar's service but is now on the side of the Tartars. It was Ogareff who murdered Strogoff's wife and unborn child. Ogareff, who is now in the employ of the emir Feofar Khan, wants Boris too, and suspects that Count Krasov is hiding the boy. When he starts pressurizing the Count to tell him the boy's whereabouts, the Count's beautiful daughter Nadia offers to deliver Michael Strogoff, the Czar's emissary, up to him. Although Nadia falls in love with Strogoff...

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Did You Know?

Goofs

Power lines are visible near the farm where Olga is killed

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Connections

Version of Michael Strogoff (1914)

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Details

Country:

Italy Germany

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

12 October 1999 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Carův kurýr

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

181 min 60 min (3 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color