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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikhail ShapiroDirector
Cast
- Galina VishnevskayaKaterina Izmailova
- Artyom InozemtsevSergey
- Nikolai BoyarskyZinoviy Borisovich
- Aleksandr SokolovBoris Timofeyevich
- Roman TkachukVillage Drunk
- Tatyana GavrilovaSonetka
- Vera TitovaCast
- Lyubov MalinovskayaCast
- Konstantin AdashevskyPriest
- Igor BogolyubovCast
- Konstantin TyagunovCast
- Vladimir KochurikhinCast
Stills
Themes
murderbetrayal