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 dates | 1960 |
Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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 Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov.
Cast
- Aleksej Krivchenya - Prince Ivan Khovansky
- Anton Grigoriev - Prince Andrey Khovansky
- Eugene Kibkalo - Boyar Shaklovity
- Kira Leonova - Martha
- Vladimir Petrov - Prince Vasiliy Golitsin
- Mark Reizen - Dositheus
- Albert Maslennikov - Kuzka, a young archer