Katerina Izmailova (1966)
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. Dmitri Shostakovich also wrote the screenplay for the screen version of Katerina Izmailova.
Release Date: 1966-11-19
Runtime: 118 minutes
Director: Mikhail Shapiro
Top Cast
- Galina Vishnevskaya as Katerina Izmailova
- Artyom Inozemtsev as Sergey
- Nikolai Boyarsky as Zinoviy Borisovich
- Aleksandr Sokolov as Boris Timofeyevich
- Roman Tkachuk as Village Drunk
- Tatyana Gavrilova as Sonetka
- Vera Titova as
- Lyubov Malinovskaya as
- Konstantin Adashevsky as Priest
- Igor Bogolyubov as
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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