Boris Godunov (1954 film)
Appearance
Boris Godunov | |
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Directed by | Vera Stroyeva |
Written by | Alexander Pushkin (play) Nikolai Golovanov Vera Stroyeva |
Produced by | Mosfilm |
Starring | Alexander Pirogov |
Cinematography | Vladimir Nikolayev Sergei Poluyanov |
Edited by | Yekaterina Ovsyannikova |
Music by | Modest Mussorgsky |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Vera Stroyeva, based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky.[1] It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Cast
- Alexander Pirogov as Boris Godunov
- Nikandr Khanayev as Prince Vasili Shinsky
- Georgii Nelepp as Grigori, the False Dmitri (as G. Nellep)
- Maxim Mikhailov as Pimen, a monk
- Ivan Kozlovsky as The Fool
- Aleksej Krivchenya as Varlaam (as A. Krivchenya)
- Venyamin Shevtsov as Misala, a monk (as V. Shevtsov)
- A. Turchina as Innkeeper's wife
- Larisa Avdeyeva as Marina
References
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 402.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Boris Godunov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
External links
Categories:
- 1954 films
- 1950s drama films
- 1950s historical films
- 1950s musical films
- Soviet drama films
- Soviet historical films
- Soviet opera films
- Soviet films
- Russian-language films
- Films directed by Vera Stroyeva
- Films based on operas
- Films based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin
- Films set in the 1590s
- Films set in the 1600s
- Cultural depictions of Boris Godunov
- 1950s Soviet film stubs