''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, Ledi Makbet Mtsentskogo uyezda) is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by
Roman Balayan
Roman Gurgenovich Balayan ( hy, Ռոման Գուրգենի Բալայան, russian: Рома́н Гурге́нович Балая́н; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-Armeni ...
, based on the
eponymous novella by
Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в; – ) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique w ...
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Plot
Katerina Izmailova is a beautiful wife of a rich merchant who does not marry out of love. Katerina, who for days on end suffering from idleness, gets herself a young lover, Sergei. Soon their relationship progresses to the fact that they are forced to kill her husband Katerina, who discovers infidelity, and this is only the first step to their deadly unity.
Cast
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Natalya Andrejchenko
Natalya Eduardovna Andreychenko (russian: link=no, Ната́лья Эдуа́рдовна Андре́йченко; born May 3, 1956) is a Russian actress. Her most famous roles include the title character in ''Mary Poppins, Goodbye'' and Lyuba ...
- Katerina Izmailova
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- Sergey
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Nikolai Pastukhov
Nikolai Isaakovich Pastukhov (russian: Николай Исаакович Пастухов;[Tatyana Kravchenko
Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (russian: Татья́на Эдуа́рдовна Кра́вченко; born 9 December 1953, Stalino (since 1961 — Donetsk), Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of R ...](_blank)
- Aksinya
*Oleg Ilyukhin - Fedya
*Elena Kolchugina - Sonnetka
*Natalia Potapova - Fiona
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, tt0097724
Soviet drama films
Films based on works by Nikolai Leskov
Films based on Russian novels
1989 drama films
1989 films