Katerina IzmailovaMovie
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.
About Katerina Izmailova
Katerina Izmailova is a 1966 drama, music movie directed by Mikhail Shapiro.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 58m, production credits from Soviet Union, an original language code of RU.
The credited cast includes Galina Vishnevskaya, Artyom Inozemtsev, Nikolai Boyarsky, Aleksandr Sokolov. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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