Katerina Izmailova

Katerina Izmailova — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 19, 1966
• Runtime
• 118 min
• Genres
• Drama, Music
• Director
• Mikhail Shapiro

Katerina Izmailova — Cast

Galina Vishnevskaya Katerina Izmailova Artyom Inozemtsev Sergey Nikolai Boyarsky Zinoviy Borisovich Aleksandr Sokolov Boris Timofeyevich Roman Tkachuk Village Drunk Tatyana Gavrilova Sonetka Vera Titova Lyubov Malinovskaya