Michael Strogoff
★ 6.7 · 1975 · 90m · History · Action & Adventure · Drama
Captain Michael Strogoff is chosen in Moscow to be the courier of the Tsar, 5,523 km far to Irkutsk, to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge.
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