''The Steppe'' () is a 1962 Italian

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by Alberto Lattuada. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on the

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

's novella with the same name.

Cast

* Charles Vanel - Pére Christophore * Daniele Spallone - Iégoruska * Cristina Gaioni - La fille du fleuve (as Cristina Gajoni) * Pavle Vuisić - Kuzmiciov (as Pavle Vuisic´) * Marina Vlady - Comtesse Dranitsky * Pero Kvrgić - Mossèi * Michèle Bailly - La Gitane * Ljuba Tadić - Jemelian (as Juba Tadic) * Milan Bosiljcic * Ljiljana Krstić * Marianne Leibl * Milorad Majic - Pantalei * Natasha Petrova * Hermina Pipinić - Olga Ivanovna * Petar Prlicko * Paolo Stoppa

References

External links

* 1962 films Italian adventure films 1960s Italian-language films 1962 adventure films Films directed by Alberto Lattuada Films based on works by Anton Chekhov Films set in Russia 1960s Italian films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub