Boris Godunov
Film poster
Directed byVera Stroyeva
Written byAlexander Pushkin (play)
Nikolai Golovanov
Vera Stroyeva
Produced byMosfilm
StarringAlexander Pirogov
CinematographyVladimir Nikolayev
Sergei Poluyanov
Edited byYekaterina Ovsyannikova
Music byModest Mussorgsky
Release date
  • 1954 (1954)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Vera Stroyeva, based on the 1874 opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky and the 1825 play by Alexander Pushkin, which tells the epic story of Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605.[1] It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

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References

  1. Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 402.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Boris Godunov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2009.


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