Khovanshchina (film)

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Khovanshchina
Хованщина
Directed by Vera Stroyeva
Written by Anna Abramova
Dmitri Shostakovich
Starring Mark Reizen
Aleksej Krivchenya
Anton Grigoryev
Music by Modest Mussorgsky
Cinematography V.V. Dombrovsky
Distributed by Artkino Pictures (United States)
Release date(s) 1960
Running time 124 minutes
Country Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Language Russian
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For the 1880 opera on which this film is based, see Khovanshchina.


Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1960 Soviet film directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring of a Musical Picture for his work on this film.

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