Overview
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.
Year 1966
Studio Lenfilm
Director Mikhail Shapiro
Crew Mikhail Shapiro (Director), Magomed Dakiev (Assistant Director), Evgeny Eney (Art Direction), Yevgenia Slovtsova (Costume Design), Rostislav Davydov (Director of Photography), Vladimir Ponomaryov (Director of Photography)
Popularity 1
Language Pусский
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