The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Vladimir PetrovDirector
- Vladimir PetrovScreenplay
- Vladimir ShcherbachovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alla TarasovaKaterina Petrovna Kabanova
- Ivan ChuvelyovTikhon Kabanov, her husband
- Mikhail TsaryovBoris Grigoriyevich, her lover
- Varvara MassalitinovaMarfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
- Irina ZarubinaBarbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law
- Mikhail ZharovKoudryash
- Ekaterina Korchagina-AleksandrovskayaThe Old Seer
- Mikhail TarkhanovSaveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy