Lady Macbeth of The Mtsensk District

– Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vish..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 58 Minutes
Release Year:
1966
Original Name:
Катерина Измайлова
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1966) - Also known as Катерина Измайлова

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.

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Release Date:

25 Apr 1969

Language:

Russian

Director:

Mikhail Shapiro

Writer:

Nikolai Leskov (story), Aleksandr Preis (libretto), Dmitri Shostakovich (libretto)

Main Actors:

Galina Vishnevskaya, Artyom Inozemtsev, Nikolay Boyarskiy, Aleksandr Sokolov

Awards:

1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.2/10