Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm — Plot

In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.

• Release date
• March 25, 1934
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Vladimir Petrov

Thunderstorm — Cast

Alla Tarasova Katerina Petrovna Kabanova Ivan Chuvelyov Tikhon Kabanov, her husband Mikhail Tsaryov Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover Varvara Massalitinova Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law Irina Zarubina Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law Mikhail Zharov Koudryash Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya The Old Seer Mikhail Tarkhanov Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy