Boris Godunov

Synopsis

Modern adaptation of the eponymous historical tragedy by A.S. Pushkin. The picture opens from the scene of the murder in Uglich of a young heir to the Russian throne by unknown people. It takes several years. Boris Godunov is persuaded to take the throne remaining vacant, despite his doubts. During the press conference, the Duma clerk announces Godunov’s decision to ascend the kingdom. People are discussing this decision at the TV. Behind the tsar’s back there is a secret undercover fight of several boyar groups for domination under the new government. Godunov, who ascended the throne, obsessively pursues a vision of the boy he killed. Meanwhile, the monk Grigory Otrepyev is hiding in the Miracle Monastery. After talking with Pimen, he learns the secret of the murder, flees from the monastery and decides to try to come to power. Having secured foreign help and gathered an army, Grigory goes to Moscow.

Main Cast

Maksim Sukhanov

Boris Godunov

Age : 60 | Popularity : 7%

Andrey Merzlikin

Grigory Otrepyev

Age : 51 | Popularity : 13%

Leonid Gromov

Shuisky

Age : 60 | Popularity : 5%

Dmitriy Pevtsov

Vorotynskiy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Pyotr Fyodorov

Basmanov

Age : 42 | Popularity : 13%

Ramil Sabitov

Pushkin

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Leonid Parfyonov

Schelkalov

Age : 64 | Popularity : 8%

Mikhail Kozakov

Pimen

Age : 76 | Popularity : 9%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Vladimir Mirzoev
Writing	Writer	Vladimir Mirzoev
Camera	Director of Photography	Pavel Kostomarov
Editing	Editor	Igor Litoninskiy
Sound	Music	Nikolay Anokhin Sergey Belyaev Yuriy Dementev Nail Kuramshin
	Sound	Viktor Timshin
Art	Production Design	Valery Arkhipov
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Tatyana Galova
	Makeup Artist	Galina Ustimenko
Department	Role	Name

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