''Khovanshchina'' (russian: Хованщина) is a 1959

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

film, released the following year, directed by

Vera Stroyeva Vera Pavlovna Stroyeva (russian: link=no, Ве́ра Па́вловна Стро́ева, (''née'' Richter); 21 September 1903 – 26 August 1991) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Between 1926 and 1983, she directed fifteen film ...

and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score,

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

was nominated for an

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for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by

Yevgeny Svetlanov Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (russian: Евгéний Фёдорович Светлáнов; 6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Russian conductor, composer and a pianist. Life and work Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting wi ...

Cast

* Aleksei Krivchenya as Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the

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* Anton Grigoriev as Prince Andrei Khovansky, son of Ivan Khovansky *

Yevgeny Kibkalo Yevgeny Gavrilovich Kibkalo (russian: Евгений Гаврилович Кибкало; 12 February 1932, Kyiv – 12 February 2003, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian operatic baritone singer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1970). ...

as Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity *

Mark Reizen Mark Osipovich Reizen, also Reisen or Reyzen (russian: Марк Осипович Рейзен, – November 25, 1992), PAU, was a leading Soviet opera basso singer. Life and career Reizen was born into a Jewish family of mine workers i ...

as Dosifey, leader of the Old Believers * Kira Leonova as Marfa, an

Old Believer Old Believers or Old Ritualists, ''starovery'' or ''staroobryadtsy'' are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow bet ...

* Vladimir Petrov as Prince Vasily Golitsin * Aleksei Maslennikov as Kuzka, a young

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Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she he ...

as Persian slave

References

External links

* 1960 films 1960s historical musical films Soviet opera films Soviet historical musical films 1960s Russian-language films Films directed by Vera Stroyeva Films set in the 1680s Mosfilm films Cultural depictions of Russian men Cultural depictions of politicians {{historic-musical-film-stub