Cain and Artem

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.

• Pavel Petrov-BytovDirector
• Pavel Petrov-BytovScreenplay

• Emil GalCain
• Nikolai SimonovArtem
• Yelena YegorovaWoman in the Market Place
• Georgiy UvarovHusband of Woman in the Market Place
• Iona Biy-BrodskiyStrongman