Vera STROEVA
Вера СТРОЕВА
Vera STROEVA
USSR, 1954, 111mn 
Colour, film opera
Boris Godunov
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Борис Годунов

 

 Boris Godounov

 Boris Godunov

 
Directed by : Vera STROEVA (Вера СТРОЕВА)
Writing credits : Nikolay GOLOVANOV (Николай ГОЛОВАНОВ), Vera STROEVA (Вера СТРОЕВА)
 
Cast
Larisa AVDEYEVA (Лариса АВДЕЕВА) ...Marina Mnichek
Nikandr KHANAYEV (Никандр ХАНАЕВ) ...Vassili Chouïski
Ivan KOZLOVSKY (Иван КОЗЛОВСКИЙ) ...Yourodivy
Maksim MIKHAYLOV (Максим МИХАЙЛОВ) ...le moine Pilmen
Georgi NELEPP (Георгий НЭЛЕПП) ...Grigori, Ljedmitri
Aleksandr PIROGOV (Александр ПИРОГОВ) ...Boris Gdounov
 
Cinematography : Vladimir NIKOLAYEV (Владимир НИКОЛАЕВ)
Production design : Piotr KISELEV (Пётр КИСЕЛЕВ), Evgeniy SERGANOV (Евгений СЕРГАНОВ)
Production : Mosfilm
 
Plot synopsis
Opera film inspired by the opera by Mussorgsky and the drama by Pushkin.
Boris Godunov became tsar after the death of Fyodor. But the people accuse Boris Godunov of having assassinated Tsarevich Dmitri precisely to accede to the throne.
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1987
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1955