Release Date

19 Nov, 1966

Runtime

01:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife. At the behest of her grungy lover, Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman. Banned by Stalin for its bleak portrait of Soviet life, Katerina Izmailova was not given a Russian staging for over 40 years; its Metropolitan Opera debut did not occur until 1994.

Original Title

Катерина Измайлова

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Actors

Галина Вишневская

Артём Иноземцев

Николай Боярский

Александр Соколов

Роман Ткачук

Татьяна Гаврилова

Вера Титова

Любовь Малиновская

Константин Адашевский

Игорь Боголюбов

Константин Тягунов

Владимир Кочурихин

Crew

Михаил Шапиро

Магомед Дакиев

Евгений Еней

Евгения Словцова

Ростислав Давыдов

Владимир Пономарёв

Николай Лесков

Дмитрий Шостакович

Константин Симеонов

Илья Волк