Adventure History
This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.
Directed by
Vasily Pronin, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Written by
Mariya Smirnova, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Achala Sachdev
Champa's Mother
Prithviraj Kapoor
Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
Nargis
Champa
Padmini
Court Dancer Lakshmi
Ivan Zhevago
Tver merchant
Stepan Kayukov
Boris Terentyev
Athanasius Nikitin's father
Balraj Sahni
Sakaram
Oleg Strizhenov
Afanasiy Nikitin
Vsevolod Yakut
Miguel
Nikifor Kolofidin
Vasily Panin
David Abraham Cheulkar
Asad Khan
Varvara Obukhova
Amandurdy Khojakuliev
Iya Arepina
Dunyasha
Manmohan Krishna
Champa's Father
P. Jairaj
Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
merchant
Leonid Topchiyev
Ivan III

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