Katerina Izmailova
3.7
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1966-11-19
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Drama
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.
Featured Crew
| Mikhail Shapiro | Director |
| Magomed Dakiev | Assistant Director |
| Yevgenia Slovtsova | Costume Design |
| Vladimir Ponomaryov | Cinematography |
| Rostislav Davydov | Cinematography |
| Evgeny Eney | Art Direction |
| Nikolai Leskov | Book |
