Khovanshchina (film)
Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1959 Soviet film, released the following year, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.
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| Directed by | Vera Stroyeva |
| Written by | Anna Abramova Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Starring | Aleksei Krivchenya Anton Grigoriev Yevgeny Kibkalo Mark Reizen |
| Cinematography | V.V. Dombrovsky |
| Music by | Modest Mussorgsky (Adapted by Dmitri Shostakovich) |
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| Distributed by | Artkino Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Cast
- Aleksei Krivchenya as Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy
- Anton Grigoriev as Prince Andrei Khovansky, son of Ivan Khovansky
- Yevgeny Kibkalo as Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
- Mark Reizen as Dosifey, leader of the Old Believers
- Kira Leonova as Marfa, an Old Believer
- Vladimir Petrov as Prince Vasily Golitsin
- Aleksei Maslennikov as Kuzka, a young strelets
- Maya Plisetskaya as Persian slave[1]
References
- Maya Plisetskaya (2001). I, Maya Plisetskaya. Yale University Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-300-08857-1.
Vera Stroyeva.
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