Katerina Izmailova

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1966 · 118 min · Drama · Music · TMDB 4.6/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Mikhail Shapiro

Cast

• Galina Vishnevskaya — Katerina Izmailova
• Artyom Inozemtsev — Sergey
• Nikolai Boyarsky — Zinoviy Borisovich
• Aleksandr Sokolov — Boris Timofeyevich
• Roman Tkachuk — Village Drunk