Khovanshchina (film)
For other uses, see Khovanshchina.
| Khovanshchina Хованщина | |
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| 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) |
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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 as Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy
- Anton Grigoriev as Prince Andrey Khovansky, son of Ivan Khovansky
- Eugene Kibkalo as Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
- Kira Leonova as Marfa, an Old Believer
- Vladimir Petrov as Prince Vasily Golitsin
- Mark Reizen as Dosifey, leader of the Old Believers
- Albert Maslennikov as Kuzka, a young strelets
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| Named for Mussorgsky | |
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