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.