Katerina Izmailova

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.

Main Cast

Galina Vishnevskaya

Katerina

Age : 86 | Popularity : 5%

Artyom Inozemtsev

Sergey

Age : 72 | Popularity : 5%

Nikolai Boyarsky

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Aleksandr Sokolov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tatyana Gavrilova

Age : 61 | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Mikhail Shapiro
Writing	Book	Nikolai Leskov
Art	Art Direction	Evgeny Eney
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Yevgenia Slovtsova
Crew	Cinematography	Vladimir Ponomaryov Rostislav Davydov
Department	Role	Name

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