Awards : Prix du festival de cinéma de l'URSS pour le travail des acteurs et la photographie en 1959.
Plot synopsis
A screen version of the opera of the same title by Pyotr Chaikovsky based on the versed novel by Alexander Pushkin; musical manager and conductor: Boris Khaykin.
The film was awarded the Diploma of the XIII International Film Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland (1959).