Based on the novel by JULES VERNE
The Courier of the Tsar is the secondary title of this seven-episode serial based on the famous adventure story.
In the first episode, as Michael Strogoff sets out on his journey to make contact with the Archduke Dimitri , the brother of the Tsar, a former colonel in the Imperial Guard, Ivan Ogareff , who is half-Tartar by birth, escapes from prison to join the Tartars and lead them in a war of independence.
Music by VLADIMIR COSMA
A film by JEAN PIERHE DECOURT
English version directed by LOUIS ELMAN for DE LANE LEA. London
A TF1/TECHNISONOR co-production