Set in the 1850s in Czar Alexander II's Russia, this drama and adventure film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and Czar Alexander.

Edmund Purdom
as Shamil, the Sheik

John Drew Barrymore
as Jamal

Giorgia Moll
as Tatiana

Pierre Brice
as Boris Sarubin

Elena Zareschi
as Patima

Erno Crisa
as Kasi

Massimo Girotti
as Tsar Alexander II

Maria Grazia Spina
as Alina

Louis Seigner
as Bibikoff, old Russian General

Mario Pisu
as principe Voronzoff