Khovanshchina (film) explained

Khovanshchina
Хованщина
Director:Vera Stroyeva
Starring:Aleksei Krivchenya
Anton Grigoriev
Yevgeny Kibkalo
Mark Reizen
Music:Modest Mussorgsky
(Adapted by Dmitri Shostakovich)
Cinematography:V.V. Dombrovsky
Studio:Mosfilm
Distributor:Artkino Pictures (United States)
Runtime:124 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1959 Soviet musical drama film, released the following year, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Maya Plisetskaya. I, Maya Plisetskaya. registration. Vera Stroyeva.. 2001. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-08857-1. 188.