"A film about the national hero of the Bashkir people Salavat Yulaev, the leader of the Bashkirs in the peasant uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev."
Arslan Muboryakov
as Salavat Yulaev (as A. Muboryakov)
Abdullamin Zubairov
as Beekeeper Babay (as A. Zubairov)
Gimaletdin Mingazhev
as Yulay, Salavat's father (as Mingazhev)
Rim Syrtlanov
as Bukhair (as R. Sartlanov)
Mikhail Bolduman
as Emelyan Pugachyov (as M. Bolduman)
Nikolay Kryuchkov
as Khlopusha (as N. Kryuchkov)
Sakhi Saitov
as Kinzya (as S. Saitov)
Vali Galimov
as Mulla (as V. Galimov)
Khaziakhmet Bukharskiy
as Rysabai (as Kh. Bukharskiy)
Sergei Blinnikov
as Perfiltsev (as S. Blinnikov)
Nina Nikitina
as Oksana (as N. Nikitina)
Irina Fedotova
as Amina (as I. Fedotova)
Lev Potyomkin
as Leader of the punitive squad (as A. Potyomkin)
Andrey Fayt
as Officer (as A. Fayt)
Georgi Millyar
as Manager of the mine (as G. Millyar)
Yakov Protazanov
Director
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Director of Photography
Aram Khachaturyan
Original Music Composer
Stepan Zlobin
Writer
Galina Spevak
O. Kolodny
Executive Producer
N.A. Zhuravlyov
Editor
V. Ladyagin
Production Design
S. Kuznetsov
Art Direction
Sergey Voronkov
A. Ulyanovskiy
Assistant Director