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
Cain
Nikolai Simonov
Artem
Yelena Yegorova
Woman in the Market Place
Georgiy Uvarov
Husband of Woman in the Market Place
Iona Biy-Brodskiy
Strongman
