It Was a Summer of Love. It Was a Summer of Violent Struggle.

Based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s, chronicles the battle between a vengeful, anarchic peasant and the tyrannical landowner who killed his mother and father.

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Main Cast: Oliver Reed, Claudia Cardinale, John McEnery, Ray Lovelock, Carole André, Zora Velcova, Giuseppe Pisegna, Paola Tedesco, Adalberto Rossetti, Raffaele Uzzi

Director: Antonio Calenda

Writers: Ugo Pirro, Antonio Calenda, Edward Bond

Editor: Sergio Montanari

Cinematographer: Alfio Contini

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